Foreign terrorism kills vanishingly few Americans relative to other risks

Evidence

The reality, however, flies in the face of this rhetoric, as the last chapter showed. Interestingly, even the Rand Corporation, a right-wing institution, admitted that the danger posed to Americans by “terrorism” is limited. In the Los Angeles Times, Gregory Treverton noted that in “the five years after 2001, the number of Americans killed per year in terrorist attacks worldwide was never more than a hundred, and the toll some years was barely in double figures. Compare that with an average of 63 by tornadoes, 692 in bicycle accidents and 41,616 in motor-vehicle-related accidents.” Indeed. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 507 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The statistical odds of dying in a foreign terror attack are minuscule — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 678; White supremacist violence kills nearly as many Americans as Muslim terrorism. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 480; Americans are far likelier to die from animals than foreign terrorism. (+6 more)

Related

• Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than mundane causes like cars and bicycles. (similarity 0.93)
• Jihadi terrorism kills far fewer Americans than gun deaths or the war on terror (similarity 0.89)
• The statistical odds of dying in a foreign terror attack are minuscule (similarity 0.88)
• Jihadi terrorism killed only 107 Americans from 2001 to 2020. (similarity 0.87)
• Americans face vanishingly low odds of dying from foreign terrorism yet fund expanded surveillance. (similarity 0.86)
• White supremacist violence kills nearly as many Americans as Muslim terrorism. (similarity 0.83)
• The radicalized Muslim threat narrative is a fear instrument rather than a safety measure (similarity 0.83)
• War against terrorism is itself a form of terrorism. (similarity 0.81)
• US terrorist attacks declined sharply from 1970 to 2011 (similarity 0.80)
• The terrorism threat is a manufactured crisis useful for justifying war and curtailing liberties. (similarity 0.79)
• State violence against civilians is never categorized as terrorism (similarity 0.79)
• Americans are far likelier to die from animals than foreign terrorism. (similarity 0.79)
• Fewer than one in a million Western Muslims per year turned to political violence (similarity 0.79)
• Terrorism declined while mass shootings rose, yet only Muslims faced surveillance (similarity 0.79)
• Global terrorism actually declined steadily from its 1987-88 peak until 2004 (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than mundane causes like cars and bicycles. #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 507
• Terrorism declined while mass shootings rose, yet only Muslims faced surveillance #corroborates (0.60)
• Terrorism is not uniquely Islamic but also stems from corruption and state negligence #expands (0.50)
• Islamist groups arise from local conditions, not from anti-American plots #complicates (0.40) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 376