Report on Terrorism 2008

Download or read book Report on Terrorism 2008 written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The statistical material in this report is drawn from the incidents of "terrorism" that occurred in 2008 as reported in open source media. In deriving its figures for incidents of terrorism, this report adopted this definition of "terrorism" i.e., "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents.¿ Contents: Methodology Utilized to Compile Database of Attacks; Observations Related to Terrorist Incidents Statistical Material; Trends in Person-borne Improvised Explosive Device vs. Suicide Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device Attacks; Trends in Sunni High-Fatality Attacks; Statistical Charts and Graphs; and Chronology of High-Fatality Terror Attacks.