Conclusion.

This special retrospective issue of Terrorism in the United States summarizes significant terrorism-related events occurring in the United States during 1999 and chronicles terrorism-related developments during the past 30 years. As the world enters the 21st Century, it seems certain that politically, socially, and ideologically motivated violence will continue to plague societies in the years to come. Although the United States has experienced relatively few large-scale acts of terrorism in its history when compared to such countries as Israel, the United Kingdom, and Colombia, the United States has not been immune to terrorism either. The FBI has recorded at least one terrorist incident or suspected incident in the United States every year since it began compiling annual terrorism statistics in 1975. While the annual totals recorded during the past decade are significantly lower than those of the 1970s and 1980s, figures for the past several years have increased steadily--from two in 1995, to three in 1996, to four in 1997, to five in ...