Flopper
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So there were 8 successful terrorist attacks in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the US in 2015. You do realize those 8 terrorist attacks occurred in a population of 1.1 billion people. By comparison over 2000 people died from lightening strikes. That really doesn't sound like much of a plague.This was published in The Economist in 2015 but not much was mentioned in the American press. The graph only reflects ISIS related plots and attacks:
"Last year 32,700 people were killed in attacks worldwide, nearly twice as many as in 2013. And this year the toll may turn out to be even higher."
"The number of plots by jihadist groups against Western countries has leaped, in particular since September 2014 when an IS spokesman called for its followers to attack those Western countries involved in military efforts in Syria and Iraq. Most plots have failed, though a growing number have been successful. But the terrorists only need to carry out one big plot to succeed."
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The plague of global terrorism
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You also omitted some other facts from the article such as, western countries suffered under 3% of all deaths in Islamic terrorist attacks in the past 15 years.