Categories
Perspectives

June 14, 1995: Terrorists take thousands of hostages in Russia

On June 14, 1995 Chechen terrorists took thousands of hostages at a hospital in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, eventually killing 129.

Categories
Perspectives

June 11, 2016: Skinning alive of man in Afghanistan

On June 11, 2016 the Afghan Taliban skinned a man alive before throwing him off a cliff to his death.

Categories
Perspectives

June 9, 2016: Suicide bombers attack Kiwi soldiers in Iraq

On June 9, 2016 ISIS claimed an attack near a military camp in northern Baghdad where 106 New Zealand soldiers were stationed

Categories
Perspectives

June 5, 2018: Machete attacks and a dawn raid in Mozambique

On June 5, 2018 jihadis hacked seven people to death with machetes and torched dozens of homes in the northern Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique

Categories
Perspectives

June 3, 2017: Suicide bombers detonate at Afghan funeral

On June 3, 2017 suicide bombers killed at least seven people at a funeral in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and wounded another 100.

Categories
Perspectives

May 30, 2017: Ice cream parlour bombings in Iraq

On May 30, 2017 two Islamic State (ISIS) car bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens.

Categories
Perspectives

May 29, 2004: Al Khobar bombings in Saudi Arabia

On May 29, 2004 Islamist terrorists attacked a residential complex in the Saudi port industrial city of Al Khobar, killing 22 and wounding another 25

Categories
Perspectives

May 27, 2009: Taliban attacks several targets in Pakistan

On May 27, 2009 Taliban terrorists attacked a busy market in Peshawar, killing at least 11 people and critically wounding scores .

Categories
Perspectives

Why the death of a terrorist group leader may not be as big as it seems

Killing a person is relatively straightforward: killing an idea less so.

Categories
Perspectives

There is more than enough blame on both sides for the ongoing violence in Israel/Palestine

The sovereign right to protect one’s nation from terrorists should not include methods that just create the conditions for more terrorism.