thepoliticalnotebook: Picture of the Day: Kunar River Valley, Afghanistan. Members of the militia force called the Afghan Security Group watch over the valley and mountains from Observation Point Mustang. War On Terror Related Reading: Check out the 31 page unclassified 2011 report  on terrorism by the National Counterterrorism Center. Some fun facts from the report: “In cases where the religious affiliation of terrorism casualties could be determined, Muslims suffered between 82 and 97 percent of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years.” (p 14) “Overall, U.S. private citizen deaths constituted only 0.13 percent of the total number of deaths worldwide (12,533) caused by terrorism in 2011.” (p 17) “Over two-thirds of all terrorist attacks struck infrastructure or facilities.  Of those, transportation assets and public places were the most frequently targeted.” (p 15) Credit: Tim Winborne/Reuters. Via. View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.
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Picture of the Day: Kunar River Valley, Afghanistan. Members of the militia force called the Afghan Security Group watch over the valley and mountains from Observation Point Mustang.

War On Terror Related Reading: Check out the 31 page unclassified 2011 report  on terrorism by the National Counterterrorism Center. Some fun facts from the report:

  • “In cases where the religious affiliation of terrorism casualties could be determined, Muslims suffered between 82 and 97 percent of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years.” (p 14)
  • “Overall, U.S. private citizen deaths constituted only 0.13 percent of the total number of deaths worldwide (12,533) caused by terrorism in 2011.” (p 17)
  • “Over two-thirds of all terrorist attacks struck infrastructure or facilities.  Of those, transportation assets and public places were the most frequently targeted.” (p 15)

Credit: Tim Winborne/Reuters. Via.

View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

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