More than 14,500 Killed by Terrorists in 2005

According to the State Department`s 2005 annual report on terrorism, more than 14,500 people were killed in 11,000 terrorist attacks all over the world. Fifty-six of those killed were Americans, the report said. Three thousand of the deaths were attributable to 360 suicide bombings.

There were 25,000 people wounded and 35,000 people kidnapped, the report said. "We saw indications of an increase in suicide bombings," the report said, noting that the July 7, 2005, bombings in London that killed 54 people were the first such attacks in Europe.

The figures includes suicidal attacks in Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Egypt and Indonesia. The most significant attack, for which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility was the November 9, 2005, suicide attack against hotels in Amman, in which at least 57 people died, the report said.

                                 

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