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Article: The terrorist's year in review. (Special Issue) (Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Security Management
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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The FBI is our hero in the battle against terrorism and the continual flood of bad news.
According the bureau's report Terrorism in the United States 1990, terrorist incidents in the United States have dropped significantly in the past five years-from 25 in 1986 to seven in 1990. That's great news to a country still slightly anxious about Saddam Hussein's call for "jihad," or holy war.
But the FBI warns against loosening the security belt: "Despite the positive trend, it would be incorrect to conclude that the threat of terrorism in the United States is being eliminated. Throughout the world, the political and social events and conditions which spawn ...