So here is the metric of success: Are we killing more terrorists than the number of new ones who are being recruited?
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the number of violent extremist groups has grown across multiple continents.
Despite an easing of delisting rules, begun at the end of September in response to the terrorist attacks, the number of companies on the Nasdaq was down 12percentthroughgh November, its largest drop ever.
Even with the decline in travel since the terrorist attacks, the number of American Airlines customers who requested wheelchairs when they made reservations rose to 765,721 this past year from 748,153 in the previous year, Ms. Rader said.
The Israelis want Palestinian terrorism suspects to be extradited to Israel, specific members of Palestinian security forces arrested and tried in Israel for terrorist acts, the number of Palestinian policemen reduced and unlicensed weapons confiscated.
The GPI calculated scores and rankings by looking at 22 indicators for each country, such as terrorist activity, the number of internal and external conflicts fought, the number of displaced people as a percentage of the population, political terror, the number of homicides per 100,000 people, and the number armed services personnel per 100,000 people.
But above all, in periods of calm, outside terrorist attacks, the number of anti-Muslim incidents has decreased considerably: -82% during the first half of 2016.
VICE News reporter Jason Leopold, a long-form investigative journalist once described by the feds as a "FOIA terrorist" for the number of document requests and appeals he has filed under the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is testifying Tuesday before Congress on the routine "agency feet-dragging" and poor handling of records requests, which frequently last several years.
He said that the Syrian border "was the most important one where foreigners were coming in, and terrorists," but that the number could not be reliably quantified.
After the trade center was bombed by terrorists in 1993, the number of visitors to the city dropped sharply, from about 27.9 million in 1992 to 25.8 million in 1994, according to NYC & Company, the city's tourism organization.
