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See It Through.(SERIES: WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR)(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Foreign Policy: In 2003, less than two years removed from 9-11, there were fewer incidents of international terrorism than at any time in history. Could it be that the war on terror has been a success?
President Bush's critics will only grudgingly admit it, but yes, this administration's long-term plan to eliminate terror has clearly had an effect. According to the State Department, there were 190 acts of global terror last year, the fewest since the government started keeping track in 1969.
The second best year on record? That would be 2002, when there were 198 attacks. Not coincidentally, that was the first full year after the White House formed its policy on rooting out terror.
While the 198 attacks in 2002 killed 725 people, terrorists last year killed fewer than half that -- 307. That was still 307 too many, but it nevertheless was a marked improvement.
Attacks directly on American targets -- listed by the State Department as anti-U.S. attacks -- were up slightly last year (82) from 2002 (77). But neither total was close to the 219 the U.S. suffered in 2001 that killed 3,000 people.
No one knows what the future holds. But the data highlight two facts from the recent past quite clearly:
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 26, 2005 700+ words
...Americans would regard as terror attacks were excluded from State Department data, he said, because...has been critical of State Department's terror reporting. He accused...success in countering terror. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli...
- State Department says Syrian clampdown on terror groups would promote peace.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 27, 2004 700+ words
...crackdown on terror groups would...Middle East, the State Department said Monday after...policy, the State Department opposes targeted...ending support of terror," Ereli said...For years, the State Department has kept Syria...
- NEWSWEEK: State Department Lawyers Warned in 2002 That Denying Terror Suspects'...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 9, 2006 700+ words
...Wiretapping, Other Anti- Terror Programs: 'This is...PRNewswire/ -- A group of State Department lawyers warned in 2002...allies, by denying terror suspects rights commonly...Bowker and other State Department lawyers had tried to...undermine other anti-terror programs that the ...
- State Department announces rise in terror incidents worldwide.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 23, 2004 700+ words
...Significant acts of terror worldwide reached a...high in 2003, the State Department announced as it corrected...W. Bush's war on terror. Incidents of terrorism...wounded worldwide in terror attacks last year...several analysts, the State Department acknowledged the findings...
- (Incorporating State Department's comments) US asks Pak to launch prosecution...
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 23, 2008 700+ words
...Incorporating State Department's comments...prosecution against terror suspects Islamabad...Meanwhile, the US State Department said it was pressing...for the Mumbai terror attacks. Outlining...26 attacks, State Department Spokesman Sean...
- Future terror attacks may be at 9-11 strength, State Department warns.(Chicago...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service James, Frank May 21, 2002 700+ words
...report, the State Department also said that...from the use of terror, none has disavowed...battle against terror. "In this global...to the anti-terror campaign." Among the nations the State Department has identified...
- Future terror attacks may be at 9-11 strength, State Department warns.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 21, 2002 700+ words
...report, the State Department also said that...from the use of terror, none has disavowed...battle against terror. "In this global...to the anti-terror campaign." Among the nations the State Department has identified...
- In shift, State Department releases terror data.
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) April 28, 2005 700+ words
...Congress requires the State Department to produce the report...Suddenly we read the State Department has decided they...success in the war on terror." But counterterrorism...on terrorism." The State Department report touted better...
- State Department finds no political motivations in understating terror figures.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 9, 2004 700+ words
...that falsely showed a decline in worldwide terror attacks last year, the U.S. State Department inspector general's office said Tuesday...issued a revised report showing that major terror acts actually had reached a 21-year high...
- State Department moves against Sudanese-Canadian for alleged terror ties.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 26, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: BRAD FOSS The State Department joined the Treasury...Sudanese-born Canadian a terror risk Wednesday, which...president's anti-terror powers after the Sept...headquarters. The State Department announcement said Abdelrazik...rulers and ended the terror network's camps ...