Terrorism: A perpetual global threat

by davidcurtisgeorge

When news broke of the Brussels attacks, the reaction of many people across the world was “not again”.

Europe has been the frequent target of Islamic State’s terror attacks, dating all the way back to 2013.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump says that Britain and Europe are not safe places.

This flag has become a familiar sight across the world

“When you look at Brussels, when you look at the way they’ve handled things from law enforcement standpoints, when you look at Paris, when you look at so many other places, no, it’s not (safe)”.

However, it is not just an issue that affects Europe, or even just the western world; all nations are in danger from Islamic State’s violent tendencies.

Most of ISIL’s attacks have been carried out in the Middle East; Iraq has seen eight attacks in the last four years and Egypt has been targeted four times.

Though it would seem that the main targets are the western world and the Fertile Crescent, the rest of the world certainly has cause for concern.

For example, in December 2014, 17 hostages were held in an Australian café by ISIL supporter Haron Monis.

Referred to as the ‘Sydney Siege’, it highlighted the fact that nowhere in the world is 100% safe.

Yusuf Kanali of the Hurriyet Daily News believes that “neither the millionaire nor the beggar at the corner of a crowded street of a slum city somewhere in the underdeveloped world can think for a second that he is safe. No one is safe, anywhere.”