Monday, October 29, 2012

BRIEF: REPORT ON TERRORISM (NCTC–USA:2011)


The National Counter Terrorism Center's 2011 Report on Terrorism was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in June 2012. Here are some India Specific Highlights >>>

  • Over 10000 terrorist attacks occurred in 2011, affecting nearly 45,000 victims in 70 countries and resulting in over 12,500 deaths
  • Terror attacks related deaths in 2011: Afghanistan 3353, Iraq 3063, Pakistan 2033, Somalia 1101, Nigeria 593 and India 479.
  • Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan together accounted for 64% of the terrorist attacks in the world during 2011. 
  • While attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq decreased from 2010 by 14 and 16 percent, respectively, attacks in Pakistan increased by 8 percent.
  • In 2011, 56% of the world's terrorist attacks (5700) were by Sunni Muslims. 70% of worldwide deaths were of Sunni Muslims.
  • Among this perpetrator group, al-Qa‘ida (AQ) and its affiliates were responsible for at least 688 attacks that resulted in almost 2,000 deaths,
  • Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan conducted over 800 attacks that resulted in nearly 1,900 deaths.
  • The most active of the secular, political, and anarchist groups in 2011 included the FARC (377 attacks), the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) (351 attacks), the New People’s Army/Communist Party of the Philippines (NPA-CPP) (102 attacks), and the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in Turkey (48 attacks)Out of 12533 terror victims of the world in 2011, 8886 were killed by Sunni Muslim extremists
  • There were 279 suicide attacks in the world during 2011. Sunni Muslims conducted 93% of these suicide terror attacks.
  • Out of 12000+ killed by terrorists in 2011, 6418 were civilians. 755 were children. Nearly 90% of terror victims were Muslims.


2011 Attacks in India that Resulted in Ten or More Fatalities 
  • June 2011 - Indian extremists, probably from the CPI-Maoist, killed 10 police officers in a IED blast and then firing.
  • July 2011 - Operatives probably from the Indian Mujahideen (IM) detonated three IEDs at two crowded market places and near a bus stop, killing dozens and wounding hundreds in Mumbai (July 12, 2011)
  • August 2011 - In India, a group of over 100 armed assailants probably affiliated with the CPI-Maoist group fired upon several military or paramilitary patrols, killing a dozen people.
  • Sept 2011 – Delhi High Court Blasts - Both Harakat ul-Jihad Islami (HUJI) and IM claimed responsibility for an IED attack that killed 15 civilians and wounded at least 91 others.
  • Dec 2011 - Militants probably from the CPI Maoist group launched an IED and small arms attack on a convoy carrying a former state legislative speaker, killing 12 police officers and one civilian in Jharkhand.