The number of terrorist attacks in Iraq decreased tremendously in recent years. In 2020, around 629 terrorist attacks were recorded in Iraq. By comparison, about 6,608 attacks occurred in 2006. Iraq was the country with the sixth-most terrorist attacks in 2020 but was not included in the top ten countries with the highest fatalities worldwide in 2020. 563 people died due to terrorist attacks in Iraq in 2020.
Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).
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US Department of Homeland Security. (December 16, 2021). Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/
US Department of Homeland Security. (2021). Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of Terrorist Attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/
US Department of Homeland Security, Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2006 and 2020 [Graph], US Department of Homeland Security, December 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/202738/number-of-terrorist-attacks-in-iraq/
