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Originally Posted by Buster
One of the problems with the data is how "terrorism" is defined. This still cause of considerable debate.
But if you look at the relatively significant terrorist acts in t he United States since 2000, you would almost certainly come to a different conclusion than the Europol data would suggest.
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Another issue is that the data doesn't provide any information about casualties.
Here is the Europol data, which attributes the vast majority of attacks to separatist groups:
http://www.counterfire.org/news/1759...acks-in-europe
How many people have actually been killed by Basque or Corsican separatists since 2006? The Basque groups were very brutal through the 70s and 80s, but since then most of their "terrorist attacks" would be acts of vandalism. A far cry from opening fire in a supermarket.
The problem with the CIA data, is firstly it's outdated, and ends in 2005. Secondly, as you say, there is nothing about the quality of the data:
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/p...5#terror_05sum
It equates targeted assassinations, vandalism, and attacks on empty properties with September 11. If you actually look at deaths, the only non-islamic terrorist attack with more than 2 deaths were the McVeigh bombing and the anthrax mailings (no one knows who was responsible for the Anthrax and those were targeted attacks).