Great Seal The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001.  Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date.  This site is not updated so external links may no longer function.  Contact us with any questions about finding information.

NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.

Patterns of Global Terrorism 1998

Department of State Publication 10687
Office of the Secretary of State
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Released April 2000

Blue Bar
Also available in pdf formatAdobe pdf reader/html conversion

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Year in Review

Africa Overview
Angola | Ethiopia | Liberia | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Uganda | Zambia

Asia Overview
South Asia
Afghanistan | India | Pakistan | Sri Lanka

East Asia
Cambodia | Indonesia | Japan | Philippines | Thailand

Eurasia Overview
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Georgia | Kyrgyzstan | Russia | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan

Europe Overview
Albania | Austria | Belgium | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Spain | Switzerland | Turkey | United Kingdom

Latin America Overview
Argentina | Colombia | Peru | Triborder (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

Middle East Overview
Algeria | Egypt | Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip | Jordan | Lebanon | Saudi Arabia | Yemen | (Inset) Usama Bin Ladin

North America Overview
Canada

Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism
Cuba | Iran | Iraq | Libya | North Korea | Sudan | Syria | (Inset) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism


Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1999
Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups
Appendix C: Statistical Review
     --Total International Terrorist Attacks, 1980-99
     --Total International Attacks by Region, 1994-99
     --Total International Casualties by Region, 1994-99
     --Total Facilities Struck by International Attacks, 1994-99
     --Total US Citizen Casualties Caused by International Attacks, 1994-99
     --Total Anti-US Attacks, 1999
Appendix D: Extraditions and Renditions of Terrorists to the United States, 1993-99
Appendix E: International Terrorist Incidents, 1999

[end of text]

Blue Bar
Counterterrorism || Department of State || Secretary of State