Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present by country. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/45313.pdf US Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 April 2005 Department of State Publication 11248 Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Printed in Multi-Media Services Released April 2005

DEFINITION
Title 22 of the US Code, Section 2656f, which requires the Department of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorism, requires the report to include, inter alia, information on terrorist groups and umbrella groups under which any terrorist group falls, known to be responsible for the kidnapping or death of any US citizen during the preceding five years; groups known to be financed by state sponsors of terrorism about which Congress was notified during the past year in accordance with Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act; and any other known international terrorist group that the Secretary of State determined should be the subject of the report. The list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) below is followed by a list of other selected terrorist groups also deemed of relevance in the global war on terrorism. Does not include US domestic groups.

Terrorism Statistics > Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Afghanistan:

# 2

Pakistan:

# 3

Lebanon:

# 4

India:

# 5

Ireland:

# 6

United Kingdom:

= 7

Israel:

= 7

Iraq:

= 9

Philippines:

= 9

Turkey:

= 11

Russia:

= 11

Syria:

= 13

Colombia:

= 13

Yemen:

= 13

Peru:

= 13

Italy:

= 17

Kyrgyzstan:

= 17

Spain:

= 17

Canada:

= 17

Mauritania:

= 17

Egypt:

= 17

Algeria:

= 17

Greece:

= 17

Mali:

= 17

Indonesia:

= 17

Malaysia:

= 17

Iran:

= 17

Venezuela:

= 17

Uzbekistan:

= 30

Morocco:

= 30

Bangladesh:

= 30

Tajikistan:

= 30

Brazil:

= 30

Rwanda:

= 30

Bhutan:

= 30

Azerbaijan:

= 30

Cambodia:

= 30

Nepal:

= 30

Sri Lanka:

= 30

Somalia:

= 30

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

= 30

Uganda:

= 30

China:

= 30

Libya:

= 30

Ecuador:

= 30

Niger:

= 30

Ethiopia:

= 30

Panama:

= 30

France:

= 30

South Africa:

= 30

Japan:

= 30

Sudan:

= 30

Kenya:

= 30

Tunisia:

= 30

Kazakhstan:

= 30

United States:

Total:

154

Weighted average:

2.8

DEFINITION: Title 22 of the US Code, Section 2656f, which requires the Department of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorism, requires the report to include, inter alia, information on terrorist groups and umbrella groups under which any terrorist group falls, known to be responsible for the kidnapping or death of any US citizen during the preceding five years; groups known to be financed by state sponsors of terrorism about which Congress was notified during the past year in accordance with Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act; and any other known international terrorist group that the Secretary of State determined should be the subject of the report. The list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) below is followed by a list of other selected terrorist groups also deemed of relevance in the global war on terrorism. Does not include US domestic groups.

SOURCE: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/45313.pdf US Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 April 2005 Department of State Publication 11248 Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Printed in Multi-Media Services Released April 2005

Terrorism Statistics > Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present (most recent) by country

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