Episodes
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
April 2, 2015 | Kenya Attack: 147 Dead in Garissa University Assault
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
One would think that schools would be like places of worship: i.e. immune from violence. Tell that to the terrorists.
On this day in 2015, Al Shabaab terrorists besieged Garissa University in northeastern Kenya. Four gunmen stormed the campus and began firing indiscriminately.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2015-attack-on-kenyan-university
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
April 1, 2018 | Al-Shabaab Attack Kills Dozens of Ugandan Soldiers in Somalia
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
A common Islamist extremist trope is that foreign forces are invaders which must be chased out: that is why they attack them.
On this day in 2018, the Somalia-based terrorist group Al Shabaab claimed it attacked an African Union (AMISOM) base with two car bombs, killing 59 Ugandan soldiers.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2018-al-shabaab-attack-somalia
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Today in Terrorism - 2010 - Twelve killed by twin bombings in Russia's Dagestan
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Counter terrorism is a cat and mouse game: sometimes the mice win.
On this day in 2010, at least 12 people, including a top local police official, were killed by two suicide bombings in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2010-dagestan-suicide-bombings
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Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Some terrorist groups are so small that they can only strike nationally or subnationally: others are truly transnational.
On this day in 2016, Boko Haram terrorists killed six Nigerien (not ‘Nigerian’) soldiers in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2016-six-nigerien-soldiers-killed-by-boko-haram
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Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Anyone can be a terrorist, irrespective of age, gender or other ‘characteristic’.
On this day in 2010, female suicide bombers are thought to have been behind an attack on the Moscow metro during the morning rush hour in which 38 people were killed.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2010-moscow-metro-bombings
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Saturday Mar 28, 2020
Today in Terrorism - 2011 - Attack on weapons factory in Yemen
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again: even terrorists know this.
On this day in 2011 a series of huge explosions at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen killed at least 150 people and wounded 45.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2011-yemen-weapons-factory-attack
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Friday Mar 27, 2020
Today in Terrorism - 2002 - The Passover Massacre
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Islamist extremists really hate the Jews and always cite them as the #1 problem in the world: sometimes they actually succeed in killing them.
On this day in 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in during a seder in an Israeli hotel, killing at least 30, many of them children.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2002-passover-massacre
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Today in Terrorism - 2018 - Berlin Arson Attack
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
As much as terrorism is often easy to analyse when you know the perpetrator and the target, sometimes it beggars understanding.
On this day in 2018, the Volcanic Group Rupture Network Domination claimed an arson attack on communications cables in Berlin which led to a power outage, but no casualties.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2018-berlin-arson-attack/
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Women and girls have suffered horribly over the centuries on account of their gender: Islamist terrorist groups are particularly misogynous.
On March 25 2009, four female school children were killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul.
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Today in Terrorism - 2018 - Five policemen injured in IED blast in India
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
In our collective understanding of terrorism a few groups dominate for obvious reasons (Al Qaeda, ISIS, etc.): sometimes we come across attacks committed by true unknowns.
On this day in 2018, five District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were injured in an IED blast, suspected to be carried out by Naxals, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2018-ied-blast-in-india
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith