World Terror Attacks Tripled in 2004 by U.S. Count

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World Terror Attacks Tripled in 2004 by U.S. Count

Tue, Apr 26, 2005

By Arshad Mohammed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. count of major world terrorist attacks more than tripled in 2004, a rise that may revive debate on whether the Bush administration is winning the war on terrorism, congressional aides said on Tuesday.

The number of "significant" international terrorist attacks rose to about 650 last year from about 175 in 2003, according to congressional aides briefed on the numbers by State Department and intelligence officials on Monday.

The aides were told the surge partly reflected an increased tally of violence in Kashmir, which is claimed by India and Pakistan, and the devotion of more manpower to U.S. monitoring efforts, which resulted in more attacks being counted overall.

The State Department last year initially released erroneous figures that understated the attacks, fatalities and casualties in 2003 and used the figures to claim the Bush administration was prevailing in the war on terrorism.

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Yes, Virginia, we are losing the 'War on Terror.'

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1. Bush killed the report exposing the biggest increase in terrorism

since 1985. I wish i could recall where I saw that. It was just this week.