Terrorism Up Worldwide, Call it the Iraq Effect

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There’s a lot of news today about a new study that shows terrorist attacks jumped 28% in 2006, with 40% more victims.

Uh, yeah, we know. In March, Mother Jones published an in-depth study on the Iraq War’s impact on the war on terrorism, showing that the Iraq War has increased the number of terrorist attacks both in Iraq and worldwide. It’s called the Iraq Effect, and it is massive. Check it out.

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