Consistent with its statutory mission to serve as the U.S. Government’s knowledge bank on international terrorism, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is providing this report and statistical information to assist academics, policy makers and the public in understanding the data. The statistical information included in this report is drawn from the data NCTC maintains on the www.nctc.gov website. The report includes the following:
— this foreword, which provides important context for the contents of this report; — a methodology section that explains how the data was compiled and the inherent limitations of the data; — NCTC observations related to the statistical material; — statistical charts and graphs; and — summaries of high fatality attacks during 2007 — academic letter on challenges to cataloging attacks
