The phrase "a terrorist onslaught on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a violent or aggressive attack carried out by terrorists against a specific target or group.
Example: "The news reported a terrorist onslaught on the city, leaving many residents in fear for their safety."
Alternatives: "a terrorist attack on" or "a terrorist assault on".
That came to naught when a terrorist onslaught on the city of Mumbai was carried out by Pakistanis with, the evidence suggests, the help of Pakistan's spy service.In his 2009 book, "Deadly Embrace", Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst long at the centre of American decision-making about South Asia, told the unhappy story of America's relations with Pakistan.
Initial fears that the incident marked the a fresh terrorist onslaught on the American mainland two months after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon saw stocks heavily marked down in early trading.
"We are being subjected to a terrorist onslaught that is simply unfamiliar to the United States, and to pass judgment on us in such a one-sided manner is wrong," Shaked told Army Radio.
The list includes Dawood Ibrahim, an underworld don, who masterminded a terrorist onslaught in Mumbai in 1993 and is said to have taken refuge in Karachi.
The government in Kabul described the attack as "unjustifiable".India and Pakistan held their first formal meeting since the terrorist onslaught on Mumbai in November 2008.
Unlike the highly co-ordinated terrorist onslaught on August 17th, in which some 500 tiny bombs were detonated within the space of about an hour in 63 of Bangladesh's 64 districts, the recent attacks were designed to inflict the maximum possible casualties.
More dispatches here Today, Ian Black writes about Europe's reaction to Tuesday's attack: "America's European friends reacted with horror and solidarity to the terrorist onslaught on New York and Washington, but beneath the surface there was unease about how the US is likely to respond to these unprecedented, epoch-making attacks.
However, in his weekly speech broadcast on pro-government TV, the prime minister said Iraq is facing a "fierce terrorist onslaught".
In his weekly televised address, Mr Maliki called on "all political forces to reconcile" in the face of a "fierce terrorist onslaught".
This was the worst terrorist onslaught since a series of co-ordinated bombings in 1993, which killed more than 250 people.
An international terrorist onslaught needs an international response.
