Countries With Extreme Risk Of Terrorist Attack (PHOTOS): 2010 Global Terrorism Risk Index

Somalia has the unfortunate distinction of being the country at the highest risk for a terrorist attack, according to a newly published report.

Published by the British risk advisory firm Maplecroft, the 2010 Global Terrorism Risk Index examined terrorist threats in 196 countries in terms of frequency and intensity from June 2009 through June 2010. The study is just one of 41 different components to be included in the group's Political Risk Atlas 2011, set to be published in December.

The U.S. ranked 33rd in the list, making it a "medium risk" nation. Coming in at No. 67 and 70, Canada and Germany are respectively deemed to have a "low risk." While none of the major Western countries fell into the "extreme risk" category, Greece had the greatest negative shift overall, falling from No. 57 to No. 24, outpacing Spain as the highest risk European nation.

View more information about the report here.

See photos of the 10 countries with the highest "extreme risk" of a terrorist attack here:

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[Krisgi]

08:14 PM on 11/28/2010

How many of these nations have terrorist problems due directly or indirectly to US foreign policy. That would be an interesting ranking, but, off the top of my head, I would say that most of them do.

[Krisgi]

08:06 PM on 11/28/2010

33rd? That´s gonna bum out the Tea Baggers.

[1776 or 1984]

07:29 PM on 11/19/2010

Sounds like someone got a hold of the C I A's list of potential locations for war-on-terr0r covert ops

[Somali]

04:25 PM on 11/18/2010

Yeah! We're number 1!

/facepalm

[fairness81]

11:21 PM on 11/17/2010

No religion = no terrorism

[furby4]

07:52 AM on 11/18/2010

Canada has churches, they just keep religion out of government.

[Luke Friesen]

09:23 AM on 11/18/2010

we also don't butt our noses into other peoples business

[Yonnas]

11:15 PM on 11/17/2010

Somalia is a lost country, they have never had real government the past 20+.

[ColoradoCool]

10:35 PM on 11/17/2010

Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Thailand, Philippines Hmmm.... Seven out of ten are being terrorized by radical Muslims. Interesting but not at all surprising. After all, Islam is the only religion to condone "holy war" or jihad .

[xristy]

11:18 PM on 11/17/2010

along with some brands of christianity - falwell, robertson, wright, the homophobe wierdo and so on

[ColoradoCool]

02:43 PM on 11/18/2010

Got to agree that those folks are their own special brand of cr@zy, but even they don't condone waging holy wars to wipe out "infidels". But point taken. They do CONSIDERABLE damage with their h@te and fe@r campaigns.

[Somali]

04:25 PM on 11/18/2010

What do you know about Islam? "Jihad" doesn't mean "Holly War"...in fact, Arabs don't even have a word for a holly.

[xMoonWalkerx]

05:34 PM on 11/18/2010

Yeah. "holly" is not a word in any language that I know of. It can be a name of a person. I am glad that somalia is number one. By the way, Somalia is number one in sea piracy too. You should be doubly happy.

[1donewrong]

10:31 PM on 11/17/2010

Hmmm all these countries are barak's buddies or muslim countries that should tell you a lot about his character

[xristy]

11:16 PM on 11/17/2010

Do tell. I'm a stupid person and don't rightly get the message. Are you trying show how bigoted you are?

[tombollocks]

08:48 AM on 11/18/2010

No, its trying to show how stoopud it is.

[furby4]

07:54 AM on 11/18/2010

It's Barack not Barak. That tells me a lot about your character.

[usamade]

08:19 PM on 11/17/2010

Do they have full body scans and feelyouup security at their airports?

[Fubarspeaks]

07:05 AM on 11/18/2010

I just wanted the yanks here to know that the new, molesterer policies of your border troops are forcing me to consider Euro-disney for my 5 year old's Disney experience....

[Krisgi]

08:04 PM on 11/28/2010

That would be the responsible thing. US Airport security officials are cracking down on 0-8 year olds as a potential threat because they came up empty handed with the white-haired old ladies.

[JerryLevy]

07:57 PM on 11/17/2010

I wondered where Israel was on this list. But then I realized the Huffington Post does not consider attacks on Israelis to be terrorism, it is legitimate defense against "occupation." But maybe it is just a reflection on the effectiveness of the illegal aparthied zionist wall between Israel and the west bank.

[ColoradoCool]

10:26 PM on 11/17/2010

"illegal aparthied zionist wall"!!! Wow! Biased much?

[WarmGingerTea]

12:17 AM on 11/18/2010

Try READING and not just looking at pictures, please. From the WORDS above the photos: "Published by the British risk advisory firm Maplecroft, the 2010 Global Terrorism Risk Index examined terrorist threats in 196 countries in terms of frequency and intensity from June 2009 through June 2010. The study is just one of 41 different components to be included in the group's Political Risk Atlas 2011, set to be published in December."

[Luke Friesen]

06:19 PM on 11/17/2010

really? I thought the US would be number one to hear the republicans talk

[Foodgrade]

05:29 PM on 11/17/2010

In the U.S. we are only terrorized by our own government, so it dosen't count.

[Unapologetic1]

09:48 PM on 11/17/2010

You forgot to add "The Right Wing,ReTHUGS,TEAbaggers,Christians and the Religious Extreme."

But the Government does more than it's fair share Daily.

[ColoradoCool]

10:27 PM on 11/17/2010

You've got that right.

[Hirnlego]

03:56 PM on 11/17/2010

Anyone remember the talk about hundreds if not thousands of sleeper cells within USA?

[EpicCatman]

02:44 PM on 11/17/2010

WOW...very interesting. The so-called terrorist nations have the highest risk of terrorist attacks. Doesn't make much sense, according to US standards and definition.

So, what is terrorism, exactly?

[GraphicMatt]

02:55 PM on 11/17/2010

I kind of like how Germany is low risk according to this list but Germany itself just placed itself on high alert.

[Foodgrade]

05:30 PM on 11/17/2010

1. Corporate agenda.

2. Bank policies.

3. Military spending.

4. Media propaganda.

5. The police/prison industry

6. The Republican Party.

[cigi]

02:24 PM on 11/17/2010

WHAT!!!! Do these stats leave out MY country, the US of America??? How dare they!!!! I now have to be felt up by a stranger if I set the security system off the at any airport in my beloved nation and we aren't number ONE, like the Rethugs have been telling us???? I am totally and irrationally indignent about this whole re-relegation to a big FAT ZERO on most vulnerable countries for terrorism! This is truly a dark day in MY history for sure!

[Schweik]

02:42 PM on 11/17/2010

Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral.

[Tails]

02:51 PM on 11/17/2010

The battery is long since dead.

[GraphicMatt]

02:57 PM on 11/17/2010

Um, it puts us at 33. Not like it was that long of an article for you to have missed that.