[lbo-talk] US raises figures for terror attacks to 3,200

[Autoplectic]

On 7/6/05, Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote:


> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ac120644-edab-11d9-9ff5-00000e2511c8.html

 [snip]


> According to the NCTC figures, only 19 per cent of the terrorism
> incidents in 2004 were attributable to Islamic extremists. Of the
> remainder, 25 per cent were secular/political attacks, while the
> reasons 56 per cent were unknown.

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So, it *may be* the case that 56% are random criminal acts not linked
to wider political agendas at all which leaves about 3.85 terrorist
acts per day on a planet of 6 billion. Quick, everyone, under your
desks!!!

Ian