Bush has killed the State Department's annual terrorism report due out to Congress this week. Wonder why? Well as it turns out, there were a record 175 terrorism incidents in 2003. In 2004 this number sky-rocketed to 655. Bush is doing what he does best; trying to keep the information away from the public.
"The number of serious international terrorist incidents more than tripled last year, according to U.S. government figures, a sharp upswing in deadly attacks that the State Department has decided not to make public in its annual report on terrorism due to Congress this week.
Overall, the number of what the U.S. government considers "significant" attacks grew to about 655 last year, up from the record of around 175 in 2003, according to congressional aides who were briefed on statistics covering incidents including the bloody school seizure in Russia and violence related to the disputed Indian territory of Kashmir."
Don't worry, terrorist incidents in Iraq increased as well, from 22 to 198.
"Last year was bad. This year is worse. They are deliberately trying to withhold data because it shows that as far as the war on terrorism internationally, we're losing," said Larry C. Johnson, a former senior State Department counterterrorism official, who first revealed the decision not to publish the data.
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