The World's First Annual Report On Suicide Terrorism Has Been Released

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UChicago News: Chicago Project on Security & Terrorism creates first annual report on suicide terrorism

A new report on global trends in suicide terrorism shows that during 2014 more than 4,300 people in more than 15 countries were killed in suicide bombings. Out of the 15 countries, Afghanistan and Iraq led the world last year in suicide attacks with an increase in Iraq.

The report shows that Iraq accounts for 40 percent of all such events in the world. “If you’re just following the news on a daily basis, you might have the idea that the entire world has suddenly been engulfed in terrorism and that somehow that was worse in 2014,” said Robert Pape, Prof. of Political Science and the founding faculty director of the Chicago Project on Security & Terrorism (CPOST), which published the report. But Pape said the data shows that the increase was limited to Iraq.

Update: US Troops Withdrawal From Afghanistan May Trigger More Suicide Bombings -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: The main stream media has not picked up this story, but the report is a fascinating read. The full report is here.