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Terror Attacks Up 30% in 2006

Date last updated 8:17 pm May 7th, 2007

According to a State Department report on terrorism, terrorist attacks worldwide were up nearly 30% in 2006. Data compiled by the U.S. intelligence community's National Counterterrorism Center shows 14,338 terrorist attacks last year, up from 11,111 attacks in 2005. While 45% of the attacks were in Iraq and U.S. officials say the increase is due to violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is not good news.