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| Worldwide terrorist attacks down in 2003 |
| 2004-04-29 |
| What?!?!? This can’t be! War in Iraq was supposed to breed MORE terror! International acts of terror in 2003 were the fewest in more than 30 years, according to the U.S. State Department’s annual terrorism report released Thursday. The Patterns of Global Terrorism report said 190 acts of international terrorism occurred in 2003 -- a slight drop from 198 attacks the previous year and the lowest total since 1969. The figure marked a 45 percent decrease in attacks since 2001, but it did not include most of the attacks in Iraq, because attacks against combatants did not fit the U.S. definition of international terrorism.... The list of nations designated state sponsors of terrorism -- Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria and Sudan -- remained the same as the previous year. ... No Surprise. Although Libya is making headway. Iraq remained on the list because U.S. law requires a country to have a "government in place that pledges not to support acts of terrorism" before its removal, the report said.... As in previous years, the report said Iran "remained the most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2003."... The report praised Saudi Arabia’s cooperation with the United States in combating terrorism after bombings in the country last May and November. The kingdom was cited by Black in the report as "an excellent example of a nation increasingly focusing its political will to fight terrorism," including arresting terrorists, cutting funding and strengthening legislation. ... Although the report covered only terrorist attacks in 2003, Black reflected on the March 11 terrorist bombings in Madrid, Spain, which many believe tipped national elections against Prime Minister Jose Aznar. "Terrorists have concluded, with the help of many others, that there may be a relationship between a terrorist action and an election in a democracy," Black said. |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #2 "But Osama, most our best people are held by the infidels in Guantanamo Bay, CUBA" |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-04-29 8:26:32 PM |
#1 Worldwide terrorist attacks down in 2003Gee, wonder why? Could it be because so many of them are in Iraq hiding behind children while attacking our military, instead of out bombing children elsewhere? Just a (flypaper) thought. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-29 8:25:57 PM |