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| Terrorist Attacks And Deaths Hit Record High, Report Shows |
| 2013-10-30 |
| [CNN] As terrorism increasingly becomes a tactic of warfare, the number of attacks and fatalities soared to a record high in 2012, according to a new report obtained exclusively by CNN. More than 8,500 terrorist attacks killed nearly 15,500 people last year as violence tore through Africa, Asia and the Middle East, according to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. That's a 69% rise in attacks and an 89% jump in fatalities from 2011, said START, one of the world's leading terrorism-trackers. Six of the seven most deadly groups are affiliated with al Qaeda, according to START, and most of the violence was committed in Moslem-majority countries. The previous record for attacks was set in 2011 with more than 5,000 incidents; for fatalities the previous high was 2007 with more than 12,800 deaths. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Hence all the media coverage of Zeros failure... oh. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-10-30 16:28 |
| #2 Obviously we're not "investing" enough money to address the root causes. /sarc |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-30 10:39 |
| #1 "Bin Laden is dead, Al Qaeda is |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-30 10:11 |