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The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report : Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues

Raphael Perl-2004-01-01-University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)
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This report highlights trends and data found in the State Department's annual "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report, ("Patterns 2003") and addresses selected issues relating to its content. On April 29, 2004, the Department of State released its annual "Patterns of Global Terrorism report." Data at release showed minimal change in the number of terrorist attacks worldwide in 2003 over 2002 levels -- a decrease from 198 attacks to 190. In 2003, the overall number of reported anti-U.S. attacks remained more or less constant as well, 82 anti-U.S. attacks in 2003 as opposed to 77 attacks in the previous year. In 2003, the number of persons killed in international terrorist attacks was 307, down from 725 in 2002. In 2003, persons wounded numbered 1,593, down from 2,013 the previous year. In 2003, as in 2002, both the highest number of attacks (70) and highest number of casualties (159 dead and 951 wounded) continued to occur in Asia. Notably, the report defines terrorist acts as incidents d

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This report highlights trends and data found in the State Department's annual "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report, ("Patterns 2003") and addresses selected issues relating to its content. On April 29, 2004, the Department of State released its annual "Patterns of Global Terrorism report." Data at release showed minimal change in the number of terrorist attacks worldwide in 2003 over 2002 levels -- a decrease from 198 attacks to 190. In 2003, the overall number of reported anti-U.S. attacks remained more or less constant as well, 82 anti-U.S. attacks in 2003 as opposed to 77 attacks in the previous year. In 2003, the number of persons killed in international terrorist attacks was 307, down from 725 in 2002. In 2003, persons wounded numbered 1,593, down from 2,013 the previous year. In 2003, as in 2002, both the highest number of attacks (70) and highest number of casualties (159 dead and 951 wounded) continued to occur in Asia. Notably, the report defines terrorist acts as incidents d

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