January 1, 2016

The war on terror has hugely boosted terrorism

Antimedia - An analysis of terror attacks since 2002 suggests U.S. efforts to combat terrorism — i.e., the “War on Terror” — have led to a dramatic increase in death and suffering from terrorism.

Paul Gottinger, a staff reporter for Reader Supported News, analyzed incidents of terrorism from George Bush declaring the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11 through the present, and found a staggering 6,500 percent increase in terrorism. Gottinger, who used data provided by the State Department in his analysis, found that casualties have increased by 4,500 percent.

Countries occupied by or being bombed the U.S. military seem to fare worst of all:

"From 2007 to 2011 almost half of all the world’s terror took place in Iraq or Afghanistan – two countries being occupied by the US at the time.

Countries experiencing US military interventions continue to be subjected to high numbers of terror attacks, according to the data. In 2014, 74 percent of all terror-related casualties occurred in Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Syria. Of these five, only Nigeria did not experience either US air strikes or a military occupation in that year.”

Further illustrating the devastating impact of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Gottinger’s report showed that terror attacks in that country jumped from 208 in 2002 to 11,000 by 2005.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

So "fighting terrorism" has increased terrorism? "Mission Accomplished". I think it's fairly obvious that the Military Industrial Complex was supremely unhappy that the Cold War with the Soviet Union ended. Something had to be dreamed up that wouldn't ever end. So they selected "Fighting Terrorism" as the new money tree. And the best thing about it it that it generates its own growth!

Capt. America said...

Do you think terrorism occurs in the countries which cause it? Really?
Cui bono?

Corey said...

This was proven many years ago, already, right after GWB got his way, to invade Iraq. That's when the world truly turned its back on the USA, after, surprisingly, many were able to forgive the USA for its own past terrorism.