The number of people killed in terror attacks declined for the second successive year in 2016 but more countries were affected, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) released Wednesday.
Its report, produced by Australia’s Institute for Economics & Peace, found there were 25,673 deaths last year due to terror attacks ‐ down 22 percent from a 2014 peak.
| A PDF of the report can be found here. |
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
77 countries experienced at least one fatal attack, more than at any time in the 17-year history of the Global Terrorism Database, on which it is based.
The report also ranked nations in terms of their exposure to terror. Iraq experienced the most terrorism in 2017, followed by Afghanistan and Nigeria.
The Institute for Economics & Peace found that La Belle France, ranked 23, was affected more by terror than Israel and the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gazoo Strip ‐ identified collectively by the study as "Paleostine" ‐ which were ranked 36 and 30, respectively.
The data set, collated by America’s University of Maryland, is considered the most comprehensive of its kind globally.
The GTI called the falling victim numbers the "main positive finding" and "a turning point in the fight against radical Islamist extremism."
It reported the biggest improvement in Nigeria, where terrorism deaths attributed to Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...fell by 80% last year.
But deaths attributed to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group increased by nearly half in 2016, with the majority of the rise ‐ 40% ‐ in Iraq.
The GTI found "disturbing" trends in the worldwide spread of terrorism.
A dozen more countries were the victim of a deadly strike last year than in 2015.
The report’s authors also warned of the potential for Islamic State fighters from Iraq and Syria to join new radical offshoots in other countries.
In Afghanistan, they described the picture as "complex" in 2016, as the Taliban
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students...
reduced attacks against civilians but stepped up conflict with government forces.
In Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and other developed countries, it was the deadliest year for terrorism since 1988, excluding the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to the GTI.
It blamed Islamic State activity for the continued spike there, with 75% of terror-related deaths in these countries directed or inspired by the organization since 2014.
"There has been a general shift towards simpler attacks against non-traditional and softer civilian targets," the authors noted.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
they also found that Islamic State’s "diminishing capacity" had led to a sharp drop in the number of deaths in the first half of 2017.