When we think of countries most at risk of terrorist attacks, we usually think of Iraq, Pakistan or Afghanistan. But according to a report from Maplecroft, Somalia is now more at risk than any other country in the world. The firm’s global ranking assessed the frequency and intensity of terrorist incidents in 196 countries and found the following countries qualify as “extreme risk” territories:
- Somalia
- Pakistan
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Columbia
- Thailand
- Philippines
- Yemen
- Russia
The report found that between June 2009 and June 2010, Somalia experienced 556 terrorist attacks, killing a total of 1,437 people and wounding 3,408.
The principal threat in Somalia comes from the Islamist al Shabaab, which has claimed responsibility for several deadly suicide bombings, including one in February 2009, which killed eleven Burundian soldiers on an AU peacekeeping mission.
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Yemen makes its first appearance in the “extreme risk” category, with 109 attacks in the one-year period ending June 2010. The country’s primary source of terrorism is al-Qaeda, “which is causing growing alarm among Western intelligence services as the group plots more attacks abroad.
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Greece overtook Spain to become the European country most at risk from terrorist attacks. Though most Greek attacks tend to be non-fatal, they are highly disruptive, as we saw in the November 2010 letter bombs that targeted embassies in Athens and foreign leaders both in Greece and abroad.
Greece
america is the bigest terrorist of the world as every one of us knows they have killed millions of innocent people ina couple of decades.
Yes, Shahbaz, the country where 3,000 people were killed in a single day is the biggest terrorist threat. Of course, I can see your bias with a name like “Shahbaz.”
I agree with Kari, the country that had 3,000 people die in a day has nothing to do with terror experienced by the 110,937–121,227 civillians that have died in Iraq.
I hate Terrorists with a passion they are the hated people on the planet
should be the most hated people
The United States was trying to help the middle east. The United States did not spread industrialization to them. They got offended and claimed the United States as a risk to their religion and culture. Extremists followed of course and not only killed 3000 people but destroyed half of a city of the most powerful nation in the world. What do you expect would happen?
we should all stop pointing fingers and realize that it’s people killing other people. we are all the same no country balm.