Top 10 terrorist groups (ranked by incidents)

Terrorist incidents in 2005one dot equals at least one terrorist incident

Terrorists love density

Top 10 targets (ranked by incidents)

al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers (190)

Hamas (183)

Taliban (100)

Communist Party of Nepal (93)

Communist Party of India (90)

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (62)

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (61)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (53)

Ansar al-Sunnah Army (42)

al-Fatah (33)

Top 5 tactics (ranked by incidents)

Top 10 attacks (ranked by fatalities)

Police (1166)

Government (1160)

Private citizens & property (901)

Other (351)

Business (242)

Utilities (221)

Educational institutions (185)

Religious institutions (176)

Transportation (140)

Unknown (88)

Bombing (2650)

Armed attack (1532)

Kidnapping (310)

Assassination (159)

Arson (114)

125 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingFebruary 28; Al-Hillah, Iraq

102 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingSeptember 28; Balad, Iraq

98 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingJuly 16; Musayyib, Iraq

88 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingSeptember 14; Baghdad, Iraq

77 fatalitiesUnknown groupsuicide bombingNovember 18; Khanaqin, Iraq

63 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingNovember 9; Amman, Jordan

60 fatalitiesAnsar al-Sunnah Armysuicide bombingMay 4; Arbil, Iraq

56 fatalitiesAbu Hafs Al-Masri Brigade and Secret Organization of al-Qaeda Europesuicide bombingJuly 7; London, England

53 fatalitiesSoldiers of the Prophet’s Companionssuicide bombingMarch 10; Mosul, Iraq

52 fatalitiesal-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Riverssuicide bombingJuly 29; Rabiah, Iraqsource: Terrorism Knowledge Base – Terrorism Trends 2005

STARTheo DeutingerBeatriz Ramo

www.tdstar.nl

©Terrorists love density; they explore cities according to it. They attack the courses of daily life like subways or buses; they look for the shock-factor attacking weddings or funerals and their main targets are city elements like the police, the government, public transportation or religious institutions. Terrorism is an urban activity. By mapping all incidents in 2005 an equator of terrorism appears which also gives home to the most active terrorist groups. The events of 9/11 forever redefined the nature of terrorism risk. People and organizations in the Western World that never considered terrorism as a threat are now on guard. To hit the “right” target in the “right” city paid off and spread fear all over the western society while out of the 5.000 terrorist incidents in 2005 only a handful was actually happening in the Western World. The events of 9/11 triggered an unprecedented eruption of new terrorist groups with the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers (an affiliate of Al-Qaeda) as most violent group in 2005 and Iraq as the most affected country. By exhibiting the world on its flag Al-Qaeda makes its ambitions clear to everybody. With bases in more than 60 countries and having attacked already 4 continents, Al-Qaeda, with all its branches, becomes the first global terrorist organization.Theo Deutinger and Beatriz Ramo are the directors of the Rotterdam based office STAR

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Baloch Liberation ArmyInformal Anarchist FederationPurbo Banglar Communist Party Al-Mansoorain

Palestinian Islamic JihadAl-Fatah Communist Party of of India-Maoist

Salafist Group for Call and Combat

Lord's Resistance Army Earth Liberation Front

All Tripura Tiger Force

Hizbul Mujahideen National Liberation Front of Tripura

United Liberation Front of Assam

Babbar Khalsa InternationalLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

ETA Basque Fatherland and Freedom

Communist Party of India-MaoistKurdistan Freedom HawksKarbi Longri North Cachar Hills resistance Force

Popular Resistance CommitteesChe Guevara Anti-Imperialist Command

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Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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Ansar al-Sunnah ArmyAbu Hafs al-Masri BrigadeJaish al-Taifa al-MansouraAl-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers

Abu Sayyaf Group

Islamic Army in IraqBattalion of the Martyr Abdullah Azzam

Jamatul Mujahedin Bangladesh

Soldiers of the Prophet's Companions

Lashkar-e-Taiba Taliban

Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe

Top 50 terrorist groups with year of foundation(according to incidents in 2005)

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Communist Party of Nepal

Communist Party of India

al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers

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Ansar al-Sunnah Army

Hamas

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