Country Reports on Terrorism Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 28, 2006 Terrorism Deaths, Injuries, Kidnappings of Private U.S. Citizens, 2005* Provided by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The term "Private U.S. Citizen" refers to any U.S. citizen not acting in an official capacity on behalf of the U.S. Government; therefore these figures do not include, for example, U.S. military personnel killed or injured in a terrorism-related incident while on active duty or employees of the Department of State and other federal agencies. Members of U.S. Government employees’ households are considered private U.S. citizens. Although every effort was made to include all terrorism-related deaths and injuries involving private U.S. citizens, the figures below reflect only those cases reported to, or known by, the U.S. Department of State, and may not reflect actual numbers of injured, which may not always be reported depending on their severity. As NCTC also notes, in the cases of Iraq and Afghanistan, it is particularly difficult to gather comprehensive information about all incidents and to distinguish terrorism from the numerous other forms of violence. U.S. citizens worldwide killed as a result of incidents of terrorism: 56 *In all cases limited to incidents targeting noncombatants. Terrorism Deaths of Private U.S. Citizens in 2005 (by country)
Country Date of Death Number Location Afghanistan June 1 1 Kandahar Egypt April 8 1 Cairo Egypt July 23 1 Sharm el-Sheik Iraq January 3 1 Baghdad Iraq January 28 1 Mosul Iraq January 29 1 Baghdad Iraq February 6 1 Nasiria Iraq March 3 2 Balad Iraq March 12 1 Baghdad Iraq March 12 1 Hilla, Near Biap Iraq March 25 1 Baghdad Iraq April 1 1 Fallujah Iraq April 16 1 Baghdad Iraq April 20 2 Baghdad Iraq April 21 6 Tikrit Iraq April 21 1 Ramadi Iraq May 7 2 Baghdad Iraq May 10 1 Ramadi Iraq May 12 1 Baghdad Iraq June 3 1 Camp Victory Iraq June 4 1 Baghdad Iraq June 27 1 Baghdad Iraq July 3 1 Baghdad Iraq August 3 1 Basrah Iraq August 20 1 North of Kalsu Iraq August 23 1 Bagubah Iraq September 4 1 Balad Iraq September 4 1 Baghdad Iraq September 7 4 Basrah Iraq September 19 4 Mosul Iraq September 20 3 Near Balad Iraq October 1 1 Ramadi Iraq November 17 1 Balad Iraq December 22 1 Baguba Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank December 29 1 Near Tulkarm, West Bank Jordan November 9 3 Amman Jordan November 10 1 Amman United Kingdom July 7 1 London Terrorism Injuries of Private U.S. Citizens in 2005 (by country)
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