Patterns of Global Terrorism
Problems with 2003 report
The 2003 report was released twice, in April and June 2004. The release of the April 29th version led Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to say Terrorism continues to destroy the lives of people all over the world; and this report we are releasing today, "Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2003," documents the sad toll that such attacks took last year.

Patterns of Global Terrorism

Section Title: Problems with 2003 report
Table Section Text: The 2003 report was released twice, in April and June 2004. The release of the April 29th version led Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to say Terrorism continues to destroy the lives of people all over the world; and this report we are releasing today, "Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2003," documents the sad toll that such attacks took last year.

April 29 version	June 22 version

There were 190 acts of international terrorism in 2003, a slight decrease from the 198 attacks that occurred in 2002, and a drop of 45% from the level in 2001 of 346 attacks.	There were 208 acts of international terrorism in 2003, a slight increase from the most recently published figure of 198* attacks in 2002, and a 42% drop from the level in 2001 of 355 attacks.

307 persons were killed in the attacks of 2003, far fewer than the 725 killed during 2002.	625 persons were killed in the attacks of 2003, fewer than the 725 killed during 2002.

1,593 persons were wounded in the attacks that occurred in 2003, down from 2,013 persons wounded the year before.	3646 persons were wounded in the attacks that occurred in 2003, a sharp increase from 2013 persons wounded the year before.

Sentence(s)

2,013 persons were wounded by terrorists in 2002.

final_sentence: 2,013 persons were wounded by terrorists in 2002.