Terrorism Risk Index 2010: Iraq Tops The List (PHOTOS)

Maplecroft, an organization that assesses geopolitical risks for companies and investors, has compiled its 2010 Terrorism Risk Index (TRI). The index ranks countries not only on the possibilities of a terrorist attack, but on the possibilities for a large number of casualties.

Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan top the list, somewhat unsurprisingly, and Thailand, previously number 11, has moved up into the top ten.

The United States come in at 46, higher than France (56) and Germany (81) but lower than the UK (41) and China (43).

Al Jazeera notes that the US has been militarily involved in the top four countries most at risk of terrorism.

See the Top Ten below

	1 / 10		1. Iraq Black smoke billows following a car bomb at the Bab al-Muadham district, close to the former Defence Ministry on the Rusafa bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad on September 12, 2009. Image courtesy AFP

Comments

[nexxtep54]

07:41 PM on 02/21/2010

These guys will explain where the roots of terror exist.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQTJLE-UGKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6FOH4tHDw

[popart]

06:58 AM on 02/21/2010

a terrorism obsessed US comes in 46th........as americans throw billions to Homeland Security and that opportunist that feed off that govenment teat.....we are fearful gullible fools....tossing money at the ghosts of the 9/11 tragedy.

[nexxtep54]

10:28 PM on 02/21/2010

see post above yours

[Ilan Cuperstein]

07:51 AM on 02/22/2010

Has it crossed your mind that it is precisely because of everything the US does and spends on security that it ranks 46th and not top 10?
Obviously, the emphasis given to terrorism helps taking the risk down.

[chaimschwartz]

06:42 PM on 02/20/2010

Is it a coincidence that most of the nations are Muslim/Islamic nations..or not???

[TAIsabel]

03:50 PM on 02/20/2010

Well, I guess all of that freedom brought about by the invasion of a sovereign nation, the infinite death and destruction brought upon an entire region, the thousands of deaths, American and Afghani, Iraqui and Allied forces, has really paid off.

Freedom, peace and stability reigns now that we brought "freedom" to the top 3. Kuddos to us! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

[AbrahamSadegh]

03:08 PM on 02/20/2010

Speaking the truth is not being a terrorist or hating America. Let.'s consider some facts:

9/11 Casulaties: 2,973 victims and 19 hijackers and the number of injured 6,000 plus.

Number of American military casualties alone as the result of the " war of choce" in Iraq is 4,736 killed in excess of 30,000 American injured.

Now consider the Iraqi civilian casualties of the war: The number of violent deaths ranges from about 95,000 to more than 1,000,000. I could not find statistics related to number of Iraqi civilians injured since the war began.

According to Iraqi government 2007 statistics, the number of war related rqi orphans exceed 5,000,000.

Add to this the incalculable colateral damages both in terms of number of refugess and the matrial resources destroyed including ours and our allies and tell me who is the true terrorist.

en.wikipedia.org/.../Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

www.icasualties.org/ - En cache

www.americanfreepress.net/.../the_best_kept_.html

[belyeu]

05:00 PM on 02/20/2010

Abr, Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are responsible for all those deaths. Absent his actions none of this would have occurred.

[Tempestite]

10:08 AM on 02/21/2010

How were Al Qaeda and Bin Laden responsible for deaths in Iraq?

[AbrahamSadegh]

01:01 PM on 02/27/2010

Osama Bin Laden had absolutely nothing to do with our initiating a war with Iraq. In addition, the reaction to violence if necessary should be proportionate to the violace committed and not a destructive and mindless war initiated by our President with the advice of otherwise brilliant individuals such as Colin Powell, Dick Chimney, Condoleeza Rice, Ronald Dumsfeld, George Tenet , Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, and last but not the least Tony Blair without whose satanic support of Bush the war might not have taken place.

Regarding Bush, - to be honest with you considering not just because of the magnitude of the disaster the war caused directly and indirectly for the whole of humanity but as importantly the lost opportunities for solving the incredible problems we and the rest of the world faces should never be forgotten - if nearly 2,500,000 US prisoners are all released with Bush taking their place, it not be sufficent to compensate for the damge done to our country in all respects.

Remember our pledge of "Liberty and Justice for All."

[Pleroma]

10:46 AM on 02/20/2010

Terrorism? A terribly outdated word. Campy... sort of Rumsfeldesque.

[peterbeagle]

10:19 AM on 02/20/2010

Saddest of all of these pix, #4 ... that Somali 'fighter' looks to be no more than 12!

[Zanubiyah]

01:14 AM on 02/20/2010

Let me figure this out....

We have an American soldier killing his co workers, born in America. We have a woman shooting her co workers in a college lounge...born in America We have a man, angry at a governmental agency who flew an airplane into a building...born in America. Shall we continue?

...and we fear people from other nations being terrorists?

[Nina Williams]

06:59 AM on 02/20/2010

Are you a terrorist spoke person? In your previous posts, you also compared Americans with Taliban/Al Qaida.

IF you hate America so much (which can be observed through your posts), why did you come here since 1970s?

Tell us!

[AbrahamSadegh]

03:17 PM on 02/20/2010

Speaking the truth is not being a terrorist or hating America. Let.'s consider some facts:

9/11 Casulaties: 2,973 victims and 19 hijackers and the number of injured 6,000 plus.

Number of American military casualties alone as the result of the " war of choce" in Iraq is 4,736 killed in excess of 30,000 American injured.

Now consider the Iraqi civilian casualties of the war: The number of violent deaths ranges from about 95,000 to more than 1,000,000. I could not find statistics related to number of Iraqi civilians injured since the war began.

According to Iraqi government 2007 statistics, the number of war related rqi orphans exceed 5,000,000.

Add to this the incalculable colateral damages both in terms of number of refugess and the matrial resources destroyed including ours and our allies and tell me who is the true terrorist.

en.wikipedia.org/.../Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

www.icasualties.org/ - En cache

www.americanfreepress.net/.../the_best_kept_.html

[Zanubiyah]

10:47 PM on 02/20/2010

Nina...

When one commits an act as evil as al Quid'a, such as torture, or killing innocent people indiscriminatly, or not abiding by the morals, ethics and laws that everyone else has to abide by, or blindly supporting those who torture, or kill innocents, or law breakers, immoral and unethical practice...then no matter thier nationality...they are like al Quid'a.

You might say friend, that my moral standards and ethical values dont change.

[JustMeInNY]

03:03 PM on 02/20/2010

Say Zanubiyah, did you experience 9/11? If not, you should. I did. You might change your tune just slightly.

[TAIsabel]

03:58 PM on 02/20/2010

I experienced 9/11, personally. Myself, along with a HUGE proportion of New Yorkers did not, and still do not, support the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Please check back through our protests in the streets aaginst it and against the Republican Convention.

We are conscious enough to know that we should not have punished an entire region for the actions of a handful of terrorist, most of which were Saudi, not Iraqui or Afghani.

[Zanubiyah]

10:42 PM on 02/20/2010

When you use "9/11" as a reason not to see the truth, to give up your freedoms and privacy for the sake of being safe, and to fear your own shadow, then those who committed such evil act...those who would want you to point to an event, and say "that is where my life changed"...have won.

[potrerohillman]

06:41 PM on 02/19/2010

maplecroft sells fear. create a need and they will buy. as for accuracy or usefulness, who cares.

[higherstrategy]

01:55 PM on 02/19/2010

why isn't Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan on this list?

Those like them done more DAMAGE to the world than every 'terrorist' act ever committed!

how many billions embezzled from how many countries around the world?

except for Goldman's BRIC of course

[lisakaz2]

09:23 PM on 02/19/2010

Great pt.

[Pleroma]

10:49 AM on 02/20/2010

Right on, Higherstrategy!

The use of language can be very prejudicial.

[CoronaDischarge]

01:07 PM on 02/19/2010

I'm surprised that Iran isn't climbing up the board. With their veering away from democratic government, you'd think that the repression will begin to trigger the very thing that they have been all too happy to support and export.

[choot]

01:37 PM on 02/19/2010

It's difficult for terrorism to thrive in dictatorships for obvious reasons.

[RetiredArmy04]

03:06 PM on 02/19/2010

First of all there is nothing about the Iranian government that is Democratic.

[BigSlick674]

07:30 PM on 02/19/2010

Actually, they have a democratic process by which the clerics do vote on the issues.

Cleric selection however is also democratic, but individuals are not to vote unless in special elections, which are generally a farce.

The biggest differences between our democratic process and theirs are that we have regularly scheduled elections and term limits, while they do not.

Both are Republics, which means Democracy is limited in both circumstances, it is just a question of the degree.

[Talossa]

12:46 PM on 02/19/2010

Israel failed to make the top ten! Someone must be doing something right.

[E-MU]

01:21 PM on 02/19/2010

My thoughts, too.

[Caru]

01:29 PM on 02/19/2010

Perhaps, because it's not a third world country like most on this top of the list?

[megadeth666]

03:14 PM on 02/19/2010

What an idiotic comment!!!Terrorism has no religion, no state lines, doesn't matter if you're a developed nation or a third world country......Let's rewind 15 years....Ireland and UK were on the Top 10 List.

[chaimschwartz]

09:32 PM on 02/20/2010

Perhaps because it's NOT an Islamic nation that allows Fundamentalisn to rule the nation!!