WASHINGTON — The number of terrorist attacks around the world fell by 18 percent last year but rose dramatically in Pakistan, growing in frequency and lethality, the State Department said Thursday.
The department’s annual assessment of global terrorism said al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to be the greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. despite ongoing efforts to disrupt their operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. Terrorist attacks also rose in Afghanistan last year, the report said.
Worldwide terrorist attacks dropped to 11,770 in 2008 from 14,506 in 2007. But the rise of incidents in Pakistan, the report said, reflected "coordination, sophistication and frequency” of bombings by the Taliban and al-Qaida.
It said Iranian-backed violence in Iraq was down, but it accused Iran of sending weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
by the associated press
The department’s annual assessment of global terrorism said al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to be the greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. despite ongoing efforts to disrupt their operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. Terrorist attacks also rose in Afghanistan last year, the report said.
Worldwide terrorist attacks dropped to 11,770 in 2008 from 14,506 in 2007. But the rise of incidents in Pakistan, the report said, reflected "coordination, sophistication and frequency” of bombings by the Taliban and al-Qaida.
It said Iranian-backed violence in Iraq was down, but it accused Iran of sending weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
by the associated press
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