WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday dramatically raised its official 2004 estimate of international terror attacks to 3,192 from about 650 after adopting a broader definition of terrorism aimed at presenting a clearer picture of the worldwide phenomenon.
The National Counterterrorism Center, or NCTC, set up last December to integrate and analyze U.S. intelligence on terrorism, said terror attacks left 6,060 people dead, 16,091 wounded and 6,282 taken hostage worldwide last year.
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