U.S. said No. 4 on target list
Charlotte Observer
WAR NOTEBOOK
Posted on Sun, Aug. 17, 2003
LONDON - The United States is the fourth likeliest of 186 countries to be the target of a terrorist attack within the next 12 months, a research company based in London says in a report to be released Monday.
The company, World Markets Research Center, ranks Colombia, Israel and Pakistan as the only countries with a greater terror risk than the United States. The company researches the risk of terrorism for 500 public and private multinational clients.
"Another Sept. 11-style terrorist attack in the United States is highly likely," the report states. "Networks of militant Islamist groups are less extensive in the U.S. than they are in Western Europe, but U.S.-led military action in Afghanistan and Iraq has exacerbated anti-U.S. sentiment."
The only other Western nation ranked in the top 10 of countries at risk was Britain, rated ninth. -- NEW YORK TIMES
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