Monday, October 24, 2005

American Terrorism Is the Deadliest

Consider this.

Over the past 20 years, "non-state" and "jihadist" terrorists have killed approximately 5,000 Western civilians (this figure includes Israelis killed by terrorism, as well as the 2,752 people killed on 9/11). According to calculations, the average annual death rate of Western civilians (current population about 760 million) from non-state violence has been 0.00003 per 100 per year i.e. 0.00003% (over the last 20 years).

Now consider this.

As of October 2004, it was estimated that approximately 100,000 Iraqi civilians had already been killed as a direct result of the American war and occupation in Iraq.

Can somebody please tell me why we are the ones living in fear?