Terrorist attacks worldwide shot up more than 25 percent last year

[Hugo Chavez]

WASHINGTON - Terrorist attacks worldwide shot up more than 25 percent last year, killing 40 percent more people than in 2005, particularly in        Iraq where extremists used chemical weapons and suicide bombers to target crowds, the State Department said Monday.
 
Among countries, Iran remains the biggest supporter of terrorism, with elements of its government backing groups throughout the Middle East, notably in Iraq, giving material aid and guidance to Shiite insurgent groups that have attacked Sunnis, U.S. and Iraqi forces, it said.

In its annual global survey of terrorism, the department said 14,338 attacks took place in 2006, mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan, 3,185 more than in 2005 representing a 28.5 percent increase.

cont... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_terrorism

[Camel Jockey]

We have Bush to thank for giving fuel to Islamic fundamentalists.

[Straw Man]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her top aides earlier this week had considered postponing or downplaying the release of this year's edition of the terrorism report, officials in several agencies and on Capitol Hill said.  Ultimately, they decided to issue the report on or near the congressionally mandated deadline of Monday, the officials said. 

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17145574.htm
 

[ieffinhatecardio]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her top aides earlier this week had considered postponing or downplaying the release of this year's edition of the terrorism report, officials in several agencies and on Capitol Hill said.  Ultimately, they decided to issue the report on or near the congressionally mandated deadline of Monday, the officials said. 

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17145574.htm

More from the piece you linked.

 Based on data compiled by the U.S. intelligence community's National Counterterrorism Center, the report says there were 14,338 terrorist attacks last year, up 29 percent from 11,111 attacks in 2005.

Forty-five percent of the attacks were in Iraq.

Worldwide, there were about 5,800 terrorist attacks that resulted in at least one fatality, also up from 2005.

The figures for Iraq and elsewhere are limited to attacks on noncombatants and don't include strikes against U.S. troops.

Even after this year's report was largely completed and approved, Rice and her aides this week called for a further round of review, in part to avoid repeating embarrassing missteps of recent years in the report's release, officials said. The review process is being led by Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, formerly the nation's intelligence czar.

[Eyeball Chambers]

Are only hope is a Republican in 2008.  If not you like Bin Laden.