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Security services stop terrorist attacks and THEY are in the wrong?

Charges of entrapment in terrorist cases belie a woeful ignorance of how terrorism works.

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October 30, 2002: Bombings in Soweto, South Africa

One person was killed and three wounded in Boer extremist bombings in Soweto, South Africa in October 2002.

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The first rule of spy club: you do not talk about spy club

Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski weighs in on why it makes sense for nations to share intelligence where and when they can.

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Assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn (May 6, 2002)

Anti-immigrant Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated by a left-wing activist who did not like his political views.

About Phil Gurski

About Us Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd.  He worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. He is the author of six previous books on terrorism. Phil Gurski is the President and […]

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Sexual abuse in conservative Christian communities: This is religious terrorism too

If we want to be consistent with how we see and deal with terrorism, we need to look at the violence tolerated within fringe Christian sects.

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January 24, 1975 | Bombing in New York City

Nationalist movements will resort to violence if some see it as advancing their cause. When it comes to colonial powers what comes to mind? I would imagine that you would first proffer countries like England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Even Italy had an overseas territory in the Horn of Africa and Libya. All […]

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Books When Religion Kills

Book launch – When Religion Kills: How Extremist Justify Violence Through Faith

Are Islamist terrorists the only ones to use religion to justify violence?

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Today in Terrorism: December 3, 1975 and 2018

On this day in 1975, six armed men boarded a train at the Dutch town of Assen and seized the passengers as hostages.

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Today in Terrorism: 2 November 2004/2018

Islamist terrorists strike in Netherlands and Egypt 14 years apart I have been studying and writing about terrorism for a very long time, coming up on 20 years. First as an intelligence analyst at CSIS in Canada, followed by a post civil service career as a writer and media commentator (and author of five books […]