# How many US fatalities due to terrorists?

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**Created:** [June 21, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-fatalities-due-to-terrorists/251406 "2004-06-21T04:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-fatalities-due-to-terrorists/251406/1 "2004-06-21T04:08:40Z")

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A morbid question, but does anyone have a cite for how many Americans have been killed by terrorists since 9-11?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-fatalities-due-to-terrorists/251406/2 "2004-06-21T07:56:51Z")

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The US State Deparment says 35 during 2003, out of 307 worldwide.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200404%5CFOR20040430c.html

(The article points out the difficulty of deciding which attacks in Iraq should be included under the ‘terrorism’ label.)

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-fatalities-due-to-terrorists/251406/3 "2004-06-21T07:58:50Z")

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Oh, and FWIW, 39 Britons through 2002-3, including 26 in the Bali bomb. [[http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/CM6158.pdf](http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/CM6158.pdf)](PDF link)