Episodes
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
April 23, 2013 | 4 Days of Carnage in Iraq
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
The state has the right to put down violent movements, but what if the cure is worse than the illness?
Over four days in April 2013, more than 330 Iraqis were killed and close to 600 wounded in terrorist attacks and other forms of violence.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2013-massacres-in-iraq
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
April 22, 1997 | Hostage Taking in Peru
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Being held hostage cannot be a fun time: how about being held hostage for 126 days?
On this day in 2997, a 4-month hostage taking at the Japanese Embassy in Peru ended with the deaths of 14 MRTA Marxist terrorists.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1997-hostage-taking-in-peru
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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
April 21, 2016 | Massacre by ISIS in Mosul
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Imagine being held by a terrorist group like ISIS and told you had a choice: becoming a sex slave or death.
ISIS massacred 250 women and girls in the Iraqi city of Mosul when they refused to become sex slaves for the terrorist group.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2016-massacre-by-isis-in-mosul
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
April 20, 1995 | LRA Massacre in Uganda
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
We all have heard the phrase ‘taking the Lord’s name in vain: how about a group that kills 300 people in this regard?
On this day in 1995 the LRA entered the northern Ugandan town of Atiak, defeated the Ugandan army stationed there and rounded up hundreds of men, women, students and young children where they were separated into two groups according to their sex and age.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1995-lra-massacre-in-uganda
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
April 19, 1995 | Bombing of federal building in Oklahoma
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Well before 9/11 a catastrophic act of terrorism was committed by an individual who had nothing to do with Islamist extremism.
On this day in 1995, an American rightwing terrorist exploded a truck bomb outside a federal building in Oklahoma killing 168 people, including children.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1995-oklahoma-city-bombing
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
April 18, 2014 | Armed attack on UN base in South Sudan
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Terrorists see themselves as heroic: where is the heroism in attacking a UN base housing civilians?
On this day in 2014, a mob of civilians posing as protesters stormed a UN compound in South Sudan and shot dead 48 people, some with RPGs.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2014-armed-attack-sudan-un-base
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
April 17, 1999 | Neo-Nazi Bombings in London
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
No, the far right is not a 'new' phenomenon: it has unfortunately been around a long time.
Far right terrorism has been around for decades as the 1999 nail bomb attacks in London, which killed 3 and wounded 139, demonstrate.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1999-london-nail-bombings
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
April 16, 1925 | Attack on St. Nedelya Church in Bulgaria
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Communism was a disaster on many levels: the ideology particularly hated religion.
On this day in 1925, Bulgarian communists killed 150 and wounded 500 when they bombed a cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1925-st-nedelya-church-attack
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
April 15, 2013 | Boston Marathon Bombings
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
One of the hallmarks of terrorism is the fear that ordinary events can be targeted: so can major ones.
On this day in 2013, three people died and almost 300 were wounded when two Chechen terrorists planted pressure cooker bombs near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2013-boston-marathon-bombings
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Friday Apr 17, 2020
April 14, 1865 | Assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Not all murders are terrorist in nature but at times they are, especially when we call it assassination.
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. in an act of terrorism.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/865-assassination-of-president-abraham-lincoln
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