Appendix H
Statistical Review
Total International Terrorist Attacks, 1981-2002
665
635
612
605
565
565
489 487 497
437
375
440
431
426
395
363
355
322
296 304
274
199
1981 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02
In past years, serious violence by Palestinians against other Palestinians in the
occupied territories was included in the database of worldwide international terrorist
incidents because Palestinians are considered stateless people. This resulted in such
incidents being treated differently from intraethnic violence in other parts of the world.
In 1989, as a result of further review of the nature of intra-Palestinian violence, such
violence stopped being included in the US Government’s statistical database on
international terrorism. The figures shown above for the years 1984 through 1988
have been revised to exclude intra-Palestinian violence, thus making the database
consistent.
Investigations into terrorist incidents sometimes yield evidence that necessitates a
change in the information previously held true (such as whether the incident fits the
definition of international terrorism, which group or state sponsor was responsible, or
the number of victims killed or injured). As as result of these adjustments, the statistics
given in this report may vary slightly from numbers cited in previous reports.
161
201
Total International Attacks by Region, 1997-2002
192
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
52
48
26
30
17
9
13
Africa
Asia
Eurasia
Latin
America
162
Middle
East
0
0
0
2
3
4
5
7
11
14
20
21
21
29
29
31
31
33
35
37
42
49
50
53
55
68
72
85
99
99
111
122
128
2002
North
America
Western
Europe
5,379
Total International Casualties by Region, 1997-2002
Note scale break
1997
1998
4,091
1999
2000
2001
Africa
Eurasia
Latin
America
163
17
0
7
0
0
0
Middle
East
North
America
16
4
20
6
68
31
10
20
6
11
52
103
0
27
12
8
Asia
78
195
150
12
28
102
185
344
405
480
513
615
651
635
690
772
904
1,281
2002
Western
Europe
408
Total Facilities Struck by International Attacks, 1997-2002
1997
383
1998
1999
2000
2001
101
Business
Diplomat
Government
164
4
1
4
4
17
13
17
13
17
11
10
18
14
27
29
30
35
59
67
75
80
96
111
114
282
278
327
2002
Military
Other
Total US Citizen Casualties Caused by International Attacks, 1997-2002
Note scale break
Dead
Wounded
1,440
90
47
12
6
97
11
98
35
26
23
21
6
6
99
2000
165
01
02
Total Anti-US Attacks, 2002
Latin America - 46
Region
Western Europe - 1
Africa - 1
Eurasia - 3
Asia - 10
Middle East - 16
Total - 77
T ype of Event
Barricade Hostage - 1
Kidnapping - 2
Armed Attack - 8
Bombing - 66
Total - 77
Total US Targets Attacked
Business - 51
Other - 18
Military - 2
Government - 4
Diplomat - 10
Total - 85
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