On May 28, 2005 two IEDs went off 15 minutes apart in a market in Tentena, Indonesia, killing 22 and injuring another 40.
Category: Perspectives
On May 27, 2009 Taliban terrorists attacked a busy market in Peshawar, killing at least 11 people and critically wounding scores .
Killing a person is relatively straightforward: killing an idea less so.
On May 26, 2004 Islamist terrorists in Baghdad opened fire on a bus carrying employees of the Russian firm Interenergoservice, killing two and wounding five
On May 25, 2014 Islamist terrorists in southern Thailand carried out a series of attacks on a number of venues, killing three and injuring 55.
On May 24, 2014 Al Shabaab claimed a suicide attack on a restaurant in Djibouti, killing one and wounding dozens.
Starting on May 23, 1977 a terrorist group known as the South Moluccans initiated two hostage taking incidents in the Netherlands.
On May 22, 2013 two jihadis ran over a UK veteran of the Afghan War in Woolwich and tried to decapitate him.
On May 21, 1991 former Indian Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a member of the Sri Lankan terrorist group LTTE
The sovereign right to protect one’s nation from terrorists should not include methods that just create the conditions for more terrorism.