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http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1748328.htm

THANKS to Texkat for the ping to this post:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707653/posts?page=25#25

Terrorism existed before Iraq war, says PM -
LEIGH SALES: Figures compiled by the US Government's own agencies back the claim that terrorism is on the increase.

In 2003, the State Department put the number of terrorist attacks worldwide at 208. In 2004, that figure roughly tripled to 650.

After controversy about how the numbers were pulled together, in 2005, the newly created National Centre for Counter Terrorism took over responsibility for gathering the data.

It expanded the criteria for what constituted a terrorist attack and said the adjusted 2004 figure was 3,192 attacks. Then, in 2005, using the same criteria, the figure almost quadrupled to 11,111.

In addition, a report this year by the Council on Global Terrorism - an independent body made up of respected experts - concluded "there is every sign that radicalisation in the Muslim world is spreading, not shrinking".

25 posted on 09/25/2006 4:59:30 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)