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Showing latest available data. ||~ Rank ||~ __[|Countries]__ ||~ __[|Amount]__  || || ||
 * || ==**__[|Terrorism Statistics]__ > Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present (most recent) by country**==
 * # 1 || __[|**Afghanistan**]__: || 13 ||  ||
 * # 2 || __[|**Pakistan**]__: || 12 ||  ||
 * # 3 || __[|**Lebanon**]__: || 10 ||  ||
 * # 4 || __[|**India**]__: || 9 ||  ||
 * # 5 || __[|**Ireland**]__: || 8 ||  ||
 * # 6 || __[|**United Kingdom**]__: || 7 ||  ||
 * = 7 || __[|**Israel**]__: || 6 ||  ||
 * = 7 || __[|**Iraq**]__: || 6 ||  ||
 * = 9 || __[|**Philippines**]__: || 5 ||  ||
 * = 9 || __[|**Turkey**]__: || 5 ||  ||
 * = 11 || __[|**Russia**]__: || 4 ||  ||
 * = 11 || __[|**Syria**]__: || 4 ||  ||
 * = 13 || __[|**Colombia**]__: || 3 ||  ||
 * = 13 || __[|**Yemen**]__: || 3 ||  ||
 * = 13 || __[|**Peru**]__: || 3 ||  ||
 * = 13 || __[|**Italy**]__: || 3 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Kyrgyzstan**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Spain**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Canada**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Mauritania**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Egypt**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Algeria**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Greece**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Mali**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Indonesia**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Malaysia**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Iran**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Venezuela**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 17 || __[|**Uzbekistan**]__: || 2 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Morocco**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Bangladesh**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Tajikistan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Brazil**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Rwanda**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Bhutan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Azerbaijan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Cambodia**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Nepal**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Sri Lanka**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Somalia**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Congo, Democratic Republic of the**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Uganda**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**China**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Libya**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Ecuador**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Niger**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Ethiopia**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Panama**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**France**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**South Africa**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Japan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Sudan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Kenya**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Tunisia**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**Kazakhstan**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * = 30 || __[|**United States**]__: || 1 ||  ||
 * || **Total**: || 154 ||  ||
 * || **Weighted average:** || 2.8 ||  ||

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Disoriented you try to run away. You’re lost in the tumult and the singeing aftermath. Orange tongues of flame and hatred chase the clouds of dark billowing smoke away, the same ones that are chocking you. Screaming. Screaming is the only thing you hear. This is terrorism. There is no universal definition of terrorism, but a rough definition is the use of violence against civilians to gain something politically. It uses violence as coercin and attacks a nation on physical, pychological, and emotional levels. It is used against innocent people to send a message- you are under attack, and you can be struck anywhere, at any moment. Terrorisim is becoming an all to common phrase and is becoming more and more part of daily life. There are many causes, nationalism, religion, politics and of course hatred. The affects are even larger. In just the tragedy of 9/11 3,000 people were killed. in 2008 230 people were found dead and more than 300 were injuries. When and Where did this start? What does this cause? Why? How can it be stopped? The most you can do to help yourself in facing this new era of terror is to be informed. Terrorism is changing everything, and all you can do is sit by and watch.

Though it's considered a recent hot-topic, terrorism is not a new concept. We can see the word "terrorism" being used back in the 18th century while French revolutionists were killing thousands of innocent French citizens. The French Revolution was a time of intense social and political upheaval due to the terrible economy, massive resent towards the King, and the spread of famine and disease throughout France. People became violent, and revolutionists would break out into riots at every street corner. So, the French government decided to attempt to control the crowds of people by using violence (such as mass public executions using the guillotine) as a threat to sway their opinions in favor of his decisions. Approximately 40,000 people were executed in this fashion, including king Louis XVI himself. Thus, the French Revolution was entitled the first act of political terrorism. Since the 18th century, the styles of terrorism have been warped and multiplied. Now, Instead of just executions of the guillotine, we begin to see people sacrificing their own life to state their opinion- suicide attacks. From the kamikaze aviators of World War II, to suicide bombers that run into American troops in Iraq, these twisted people theorize that there is no better way to express your passion than take matters into your own hands- and make sure to take as many down with you along the way. These suicide attacks were revolutionary in their own right. Before the Kamikaze aviators began flying into their inevitable death, nothing of the sort had ever been seen used in war. Many people viewed it as fighting fire with fire, and were shocked that a person would willingly take their own life in order to get their point across. Alas, of any other purpose of terrorism, one of the most obvious reasons to terrorize a group of people in the 21st century is to make a statement and make it powerful enough to scare them onto your side.

Furthermore, Terrorism in the 21st century has its far reaching affects and statistics. For instance, Afghanistan is the country with the most known terrorist groups, with 13 of them. Second would be Pakistan, Followed by Lebanon, with 12 and 10 known terrorist groups respectively. Also, On international polls, on a scale of 0 to 10 for corruption scale, with 10 being not corrupted, Afghanistan scored a 2.5, Pakistan scored a 2.1, and Lebanon scored the highest of the 3 with a 3.1, possible proof that the more perceptively corrupted your country is, the higher chance there will be for terrorist groups. Besides data, Terrorism also has far-reaching effects to basically the entire world. For instance, in the western world’s mind, they have become slightly less trust giving towards people of middle-eastern decent. Most likely the cause of this would be the terrorist attacks on America, one of the hubs of western culture. Also, countries around the world are beginning to step up their defenses against terrorist attacks towards their country, from increased airport security to telling the mass public to tell at first site of suspicious activity. Indeed, the world has almost fallen into a state of terrorism paranoia, but that is not to be justly caused. As long as terrorism is still a threat, we may not be completely feeling safe, but still the question of "Why?" looms in the air.

Finaly,"what could have happened, what terrible events could cause a person to willingly sacrifice their lives to slaughter those they deem enemies?" As described in the first paragraph, a combination of poverty, a resentment towards the hierarchy, government instability, and widepread revolt lead to the first political terrorism during the French Revolution. That pretty easily explains the terrorism of 200 years ago, a valuabale lesson from history, but what of today's, relatively small extremist organizations devoted to the destruction of foreign states? Their is no single, defiitive explanation, nor will there eve be. Instead, like most of history, modern terrorism is motivated from multiple sources, given strength and resiliance from past injustices and foreign policies, and strength and fervor from religion, and a politically weak Middle East. Together, these are the four past and present pieces make up the larger puzzle that is modern terrorism. A foolhardy and greedy carv-up of formerly Turkish lands after WW1 led to the alienization and distrust the West and Middle East feel towards one another. The inheirently violent nature of religion, and it's abiity to brainwash and motivate the average man to take up arms, and even sacrifice his own life, has given fuel to the fire of a politically and economically unstable Middle East. But probably the most disastrous, and easily prevented peice of the puzzle was, and still is, America's gun's blazing, take no prisoners foreign policy, that has alienated, radicalized, and militaried tens of thousands against the American juggernaut. Is there a cure for terrorism? Perhaps once, perhaps we could have stabilized the Middle East, kept good relations, and met halfway to understand and unite our cultures, but the Secod Gulf War has changed all that.

It seems terrorism is around to stay. Terrorism is a use of a nation's citizens through fear to attack the country on a larger point. As things change in a reaction to Terrorism, it will change too. Terrorism is an adaptable concept and we will have to deal with it for a long time. The history of terrorism goes back to the 18th century, but it's devastating affects will reach far into the future. we still can't tell you Why? but now you have the information to form your own opinion. Terrorism is changing everything...