After 13 years, 2 wars and trillions in military spending, terrorist attacks are rising sharply - The Washington Post
Last year saw the highest number of terrorist incidents since 2000, according to the latest Global Terrorism Index
released by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Worldwide, the
number of terrorist incidents increased from less than 1,500 in 2000 to
nearly 10,000 in 2013. Sixty percent of attacks last year occurred in
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria.
