Daily Mail: Three decades of terror: Animated graphic shows the time and location of every attack across the globe for the last 30 years
* Terrorist movements have plagued the world for decades, and have evolved greatly over that time
* Map graphic tracks the hotbeds of terror for the last 30 years, showing where has been most affected
* Here, Mail Online tracks the evolving threat, from the plane hijackings and IRA bombings of the Eighties, to the threat of ISIS and truck attacks in Europe in recent years
This is the fascinating map that exposes every terror attack across the globe in the last 30 years.
Using data compiled by the University of Maryland and analysed by the Igarapé Institute, it shows the regions of the world most plagued by terrorism and how it has spread over those decades.
Here, Mail Online explores how the threat has changed over the years, from the plane hijackings and IRA bombings of the Eighties and Nineties, to the terror threats of today.
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WNU Editor: The Middle East, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Central and Northern Africa, Philippines, and eastern India/Bangladesh are the recent hot zones.
3 comments:
All areas with Muslim majorities or large minorities, hmm
Also areas where U.S. and allies are engaged in endless wars with no military specific solution... hmm
The Taliban, PLO, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, IRA, Hamas, Blah, Blah, Blah... None of them were born after 2001 - but that is when the explosion of violence began. While North America and Europe essentially remain unchanged, the levels of violence in places where American and allies' troops operate since then went off the chart.
I understand it is a "chicken or egg" question, but that kind of correlation shouldn't be ignored when we ask the question, "How is the best way to handle Radical Islamic Terror?".
Islamic terror predates the foundation of the US
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