Don’t believe the fearmongers
Worldwide decline in deaths due to terrorism over the last 5 years
The reason this isn’t widely understood is that official figures include civilian deaths in Iraq, which is a war zone and would not normally have been included. Similar conflicts in past years, such as Sudan, have not been included. The actual figures are 20% of the numbers usually quoted as terrorist deaths, therefore.
But this, to me, is the most significant finding of the Canadian study:
“[An] extraordinary drop in support for Islamist terror organizations in the Muslim world over the past five years.”
on 10 March 2010 at 9:31 am
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I found your blog on google and read about 4 more of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the awe-inspiring work Look forward to reading more from you in the future. Later
on 10 April 2010 at 2:15 am
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Thanks! Very kind of you. I’m sorry I don’t update more often.