Libya is beleved to have been behind the 1988 downing of a French flight from Congo…
Category: Today in Terrorism
Terrorism has been around for a long time.
Phil Gurski takes a look at what happened on this day in the past and what it means for today.
September 18, 2001: Anthrax attacks in the US
A week after 9/11 a series of letters laced with anthrax were sent to US senators…
September 17, 2016: Pipe bomb explodes inside a garbage bin in New York
A terrorist inspired by both ISIS and AQ placed three bombs in New York and New…
September 16, 1982: Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut, Lebanon
A Lebanese Christian group massacred hundreds and perhaps thousands of Shia Muslims in Beirut as the…
September 15, 1963: Ku Klux Klan bombing kills four African-American girls during church services
3 members of the Ku Klux Klan were eventually sentenced for the September 15, 1963 bombing…
September 14, 2016: Arson at Canadian mosque
A man received a 25-month jail sentence for trying to burn down a Hamilton, Ontario mosque…
September 13, 1974: Hostage situation at French embassy in the Netherlands
Japanese Red Army terrorists seized hostages at the French Embassy in the Netherlands to push for…
September 12, 1986: Bombing at Paris shopping mall
A little know Arab terrorist group engaged in a series of bombings against commercial establishments in…
365 days in terrorism – What have we learned?
One year already! Borealis reflects on 365 terrorist attacks over history, one for each calendar day.
September 11, 2001: Attacks in New York and Washington
September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday. And a glorious Tuesday it was. I had walked to…