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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
That doesn't make sense either. But it's tough to know what people are citing as terror attacks and what aren't since it is such a nebulous thing.
Example, are we only counting Islamic terrorist attacks, or other groups? Does Boko Haram count or only attacks on the west? Who is defining this anyway?
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The attached link from START clearly indicates how the number came to be.
More broadly, 3,066 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks from 9/11/2001 through 12/31/2014, including perpetrators and excluding deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2,961 of these deaths occurred on American soil. 2,902 of these deaths occurred during the attacks on September 11, 2001.