The attack has been condemned by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuv, who called it "an attack of barbaric violence", and expressed his "gratitude and admiration" for the men's actions.
I have no reason to believe this number is inflated or exaggerated, but, even if the real count is only a tenth of the pronounced figure of 17,000, it would still signify a horrendously systematic attack of political violence on a people that, as elections again this past weekend in Iran have displayed, possess a desire for progress, civility, toleration and modernity.
Drawing from that larger list, I count 17 jihadist terrorist attacks—acts of violence explicitly or implicitly inspired by a warped reading of Islam, or in objection to American policies toward Muslims on the American homeland during the past 14 years.
This begs the question: why is not more being done to attack this pornography of violence?
A year after the APS attack, the tide of violence has fallen dramatically.
Among the traumatic events reported by all returnees, experiences relating to war and violence occurred most frequently (30% war-related events, 28% related to the witnessing of a violent attack, 26% experiences of violence against one's own person).
There were 79 recorded attacks of political violence against Americans worldwide last year, not counting military incidents and combat zones, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
"Education is key to attacking the causes of violence," he said.
Next, Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, also warned Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, that the peace process could end if he failed to rein in Palestinian attacks following days of violence that killed at least 85 people, mostly Palestinians.
In a statement on Monday evening, President Yanukovych said that "now, when peaceful actions are turning into mass unrest, accompanied by riots and arson attacks, the use of violence, I am convinced that such phenomena are a threat not only to Kiev but to the whole of Ukraine".
