The Global Terrorism Index Has Released It's 10 Year Study On Global Terrorism

Has The War On Terror Failed? Number Of Terrorist Attacks QUADRUPLE In Decade After 9/11 -- Daily Mail

* More terrorist attacks have been recorded but the number of fatalities has fallen 25 per cent since 2007
* Western Europeans were 19 times more likely to die in a terrorist attack than North Americans in the past ten years
* Only 31 of 158 countries ranked have not experienced a terrorist attack since 2001
* In 2011, terrorism had the most impact on Iraq, according to the new Global Terrorist Index

The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since 9/11, according to a study launched today.

The Global Terrorist Index showed that in 2002 there were 982 separate attacks. By 2011 that had risen to 4,564.

Researchers suggest the U.S. military interventions pursued as part of the West's anti-al Qaeda 'war on terror' may have made terrorism worse.

It also said it was impossible to prove whether the policy made the U.S homeland safer.

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More News On The Global Terrorism Index Releasing It's 10 Year Study On Global Terrorism

Terror attacks levelled out, says 10-year study -- BBC
Terrorist attacks have more than quadrupled since 2001, with top targets Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan: survey -- New York Daily News/Reuters
First Global Terrorism Index Launched -- Radio Free Europe
Americans Are Actually Least Likely To Be Killed In A Terrorist Attack -- Business Insider/The Telegraph
Iraq Ranks First On Global Terrorism Index, US 43rd -- IBTimes

WNU Editor: The Institute for Economics and Peace report on Global Terrorism is here.