Post by Teddy Bear on Dec 11, 2014 20:05:35 GMT
Perhaps with the rise of UKIP and their readiness to be less PC than the other parties, or the recent accusations of political bias by the government, or just how many attacks by Muslim extremists have been ignored for so long that it would be very easy to show how they've ignored this news, but the BBC have finally run an article on the subject.
The figures they give even exceed those of the Religion of Peace website, which makes this event quite phenomenal.
I notice though that they completely ignore terrorist attacks by Palestinians on Israelis from their figures.
November had one Israeli killed by a Palestinian ploughing his car into pedestrians, another woman knifed to death, and 4 rabbis murdered in terrorist attacks. This is a total of at least 6 that I'm aware of, which is more than the 5 they show for Egypt.
What's curious is on the link given to how the data was gathered, they state this:
Since we've already noted how the BBC avoid where possible to use the word terrorist in relation to these attacks, preferring the term 'militants', searching for words like terrorist, insurgent, and jihadist won't reveal much from their 'system'. Unless they have a more honest way of recording it for themselves.
They also state:
Funny how they don't qualify this when giving figures of Gazans supposedly killed by Israel. The BBC seem quite happy to quote whatever figure their Hamas masters tell them, despite what common sense would dictate.
Finally this:
I know of the Religion of Peace website, Jihad Watch for another, and no doubt many others recording these attacks. The BBC wants to present itself as the first of its kind.
Even when reporting truth - they lie.
The figures they give even exceed those of the Religion of Peace website, which makes this event quite phenomenal.
I notice though that they completely ignore terrorist attacks by Palestinians on Israelis from their figures.
November had one Israeli killed by a Palestinian ploughing his car into pedestrians, another woman knifed to death, and 4 rabbis murdered in terrorist attacks. This is a total of at least 6 that I'm aware of, which is more than the 5 they show for Egypt.
What's curious is on the link given to how the data was gathered, they state this:
WHAT IS THE RAW DATA?
We are conscious of the fact that local information, esp. from war zones, is often disputed and sources can be limited.
Our aim was to perform a daily search aiming to capture as many sources of data as possible.
What we looked for were incident reports which we hoped to gather by approaching the subject from three different
angles:
Type of incident:
o We programmed news alerts and searched the BBC Monitoring system for “terrorist”, “insurgent” and
“jihadist” incidents wherever they may have happened.
Groups:
o We performed the same kind of search for news of groups that fit our definition
Regional/local:
o We searched for news of violent incidents in each of the areas associated with jihadist groups plus their
neighbouring countries.
o We also reviewed local newspapers, broadcast media, and specialist blogs.
o In addition, we reached out to local NGOs, civil society and human rights groups, as well as data
gathering projects in each of the areas/regions in which jihadist groups are active.
We are conscious of the fact that local information, esp. from war zones, is often disputed and sources can be limited.
Our aim was to perform a daily search aiming to capture as many sources of data as possible.
What we looked for were incident reports which we hoped to gather by approaching the subject from three different
angles:
Type of incident:
o We programmed news alerts and searched the BBC Monitoring system for “terrorist”, “insurgent” and
“jihadist” incidents wherever they may have happened.
Groups:
o We performed the same kind of search for news of groups that fit our definition
Regional/local:
o We searched for news of violent incidents in each of the areas associated with jihadist groups plus their
neighbouring countries.
o We also reviewed local newspapers, broadcast media, and specialist blogs.
o In addition, we reached out to local NGOs, civil society and human rights groups, as well as data
gathering projects in each of the areas/regions in which jihadist groups are active.
Since we've already noted how the BBC avoid where possible to use the word terrorist in relation to these attacks, preferring the term 'militants', searching for words like terrorist, insurgent, and jihadist won't reveal much from their 'system'. Unless they have a more honest way of recording it for themselves.
They also state:
HAVE YOU DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN CIVILIAN AND NON-CIVILIAN DEATHS?
In an attempt to produce the most accurate figure possible the research has encompassed civilian, jihadist and other
fighters or military deaths presented as one single unit. It is difficult to differentiate, even for those monitoring events
on the ground, between a civilian and someone who was acting as a combatant when an attack happened. Where
reports of attacks do differentiate between civilians, jihadists, military, police, government officials and children we
have tried to reflect those figures in the break-down of the data.
In an attempt to produce the most accurate figure possible the research has encompassed civilian, jihadist and other
fighters or military deaths presented as one single unit. It is difficult to differentiate, even for those monitoring events
on the ground, between a civilian and someone who was acting as a combatant when an attack happened. Where
reports of attacks do differentiate between civilians, jihadists, military, police, government officials and children we
have tried to reflect those figures in the break-down of the data.
Funny how they don't qualify this when giving figures of Gazans supposedly killed by Israel. The BBC seem quite happy to quote whatever figure their Hamas masters tell them, despite what common sense would dictate.
Finally this:
WHY HAVE YOU ONLY LOOKED AT A ONE MONTH PERIOD (NOVEMEBER 2014)? HOW REPRESENTATIVE
IS THIS FIGURE?
One month is the limited period which the money and resources available for this project have allowed. This limitation
means that the data gathered will not show how far the trajectory of violence has increased or decreased over time.
We also acknowledge that the figures for November 2014 will look very different if re-examined in a few months’ time
However, no other organisation or individual has attempted to quantify this phenomenon before and so whilst the
research is limited to November these figures will offer a unique insight and will provide us with a unit that allows
comparisons with other like data, such as the total number of reported deaths in Syria and Iraq during that same
month. These kinds of comparison should provide interesting perspectives for the published final figure.
IS THIS FIGURE?
One month is the limited period which the money and resources available for this project have allowed. This limitation
means that the data gathered will not show how far the trajectory of violence has increased or decreased over time.
We also acknowledge that the figures for November 2014 will look very different if re-examined in a few months’ time
However, no other organisation or individual has attempted to quantify this phenomenon before and so whilst the
research is limited to November these figures will offer a unique insight and will provide us with a unit that allows
comparisons with other like data, such as the total number of reported deaths in Syria and Iraq during that same
month. These kinds of comparison should provide interesting perspectives for the published final figure.
I know of the Religion of Peace website, Jihad Watch for another, and no doubt many others recording these attacks. The BBC wants to present itself as the first of its kind.
Even when reporting truth - they lie.
Jihadism: Tracking a month of deadly attacks
Overview
Jihadist attacks killed more than 5,000 people in just one month, an investigation by the BBC World Service and King's College London has found.
Civilians bore the brunt of the violence, with more than 2,000 killed in reported jihadist incidents during November 2014. Islamic State carried out the most attacks, adding to the spiralling death toll in Iraq and Syria.
Four countries suffer 80% of losses
The data gathered by the BBC found that 5,042 people were killed in 664 jihadist attacks across 14 countries - a daily average of 168 deaths, or seven every hour.
About 80% of the deaths came in just four countries - Iraq, Nigeria, Syria and Afghanistan, according to the study of media and civil society reports.
Iraq was the most dangerous place to be, with 1,770 deaths in 233 attacks, ranging from shootings to suicide bombings.
In Nigeria, 786 people, almost all of them civilians, were killed in 27 Boko Haram incidents. These tended to be large and indiscriminate bombings and shootings such as the attack on the central mosque in the northern city of Kano, which left 120 dead.
A boy injured in the Boko Haram attack on the central mosque in Kano
Boko Haram also struck over the border in Cameroon, killing 15 people. Meanwhile, in East Africa, al-Shabab took 266 lives in Somalia and Kenya.
Afghanistan suffered almost the same number of deaths as Nigeria (782) but they tended to be in smaller, targeted attacks, such as the shooting of the deputy governor of Kandahar.
In war-ravaged Syria, 693 people were killed; Yemen had 410 deaths in 37 attacks.
Of the 16 jihadist groups involved in the bloodshed, Islamic State was the most deadly, killing 2,206 people across Iraq and Syria - 44% of the total death toll.
The director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Prof Peter Neumann, said Islamic State "has rivalled - if not replaced - al-Qaeda as the leader of global jihadism". Read Prof Neumann's full analysis.
PDF download How the data was gathered.[513k]
Civilians the main victims
Civilians bore the brunt of the attacks with a total of 2,079 killed, followed by 1,723 military personnel.
But the proportions varied significantly between countries. In Nigeria, almost 700 civilians were killed, at least 57 of them children, whereas just 28 deaths were from the military.
In contrast, in Syria and Afghanistan, more than twice as many military personnel died as civilians.
Of the 146 police officers who died, 95 were in Afghanistan. Politicians and other officials were also targets in Afghanistan, and in Somalia, where 22 were killed.
Jihadists themselves were also killed in large numbers: 935 died in clashes or by blowing themselves up.
Bombs and bullets kill most
Taken together, bombs accounted for the most deaths, with 1,653 people killed in 241 explosions. These included 38 suicide blasts, which took 650 lives and 128 other bombs, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which killed 555.
Some explosions were large and aimed at the public while others were highly targeted, such as the man who got inside a police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, before blowing himself up.
Gun attacks took at least another 1,574 lives, while a further 666 deaths were described as ambushes, many of which are likely to have involved shootings.
It is estimated that 426 people were murdered in execution-style killings, including 50 who were reported to have been beheaded in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Among these were captured US aid worker Peter Kassig, who was beheaded along with a group of Syrians in the middle of the month.
Mortars and shelling killed 204 people and 49 were attacked with knives.
Prof Neumann said the range of tactics and methods of attack reflected "the increased emphasis on holding territory and confronting conventional forces".
Data journalism by Christine Jeavans and Nassos Stylianou, web development by Richard Bangay and Aidan Fewster, design by Charlotte Thornton. Data gathered by Paul Brown and colleagues at BBC Monitoring and Haidar Lapcha and Sophia Khan at the ICSR.
Data was also provided by ACLED, Iraq Body Count, South Asia Terrorism Portal, Syrian Network for Human Rights and Violations Documentation Centre in Syria.
Overview
Jihadist attacks killed more than 5,000 people in just one month, an investigation by the BBC World Service and King's College London has found.
Civilians bore the brunt of the violence, with more than 2,000 killed in reported jihadist incidents during November 2014. Islamic State carried out the most attacks, adding to the spiralling death toll in Iraq and Syria.
Four countries suffer 80% of losses
The data gathered by the BBC found that 5,042 people were killed in 664 jihadist attacks across 14 countries - a daily average of 168 deaths, or seven every hour.
About 80% of the deaths came in just four countries - Iraq, Nigeria, Syria and Afghanistan, according to the study of media and civil society reports.
Iraq was the most dangerous place to be, with 1,770 deaths in 233 attacks, ranging from shootings to suicide bombings.
In Nigeria, 786 people, almost all of them civilians, were killed in 27 Boko Haram incidents. These tended to be large and indiscriminate bombings and shootings such as the attack on the central mosque in the northern city of Kano, which left 120 dead.
A boy injured in the Boko Haram attack on the central mosque in Kano
Boko Haram also struck over the border in Cameroon, killing 15 people. Meanwhile, in East Africa, al-Shabab took 266 lives in Somalia and Kenya.
Afghanistan suffered almost the same number of deaths as Nigeria (782) but they tended to be in smaller, targeted attacks, such as the shooting of the deputy governor of Kandahar.
In war-ravaged Syria, 693 people were killed; Yemen had 410 deaths in 37 attacks.
Of the 16 jihadist groups involved in the bloodshed, Islamic State was the most deadly, killing 2,206 people across Iraq and Syria - 44% of the total death toll.
The director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Prof Peter Neumann, said Islamic State "has rivalled - if not replaced - al-Qaeda as the leader of global jihadism". Read Prof Neumann's full analysis.
PDF download How the data was gathered.[513k]
Civilians the main victims
Civilians bore the brunt of the attacks with a total of 2,079 killed, followed by 1,723 military personnel.
But the proportions varied significantly between countries. In Nigeria, almost 700 civilians were killed, at least 57 of them children, whereas just 28 deaths were from the military.
In contrast, in Syria and Afghanistan, more than twice as many military personnel died as civilians.
Of the 146 police officers who died, 95 were in Afghanistan. Politicians and other officials were also targets in Afghanistan, and in Somalia, where 22 were killed.
Jihadists themselves were also killed in large numbers: 935 died in clashes or by blowing themselves up.
Bombs and bullets kill most
Taken together, bombs accounted for the most deaths, with 1,653 people killed in 241 explosions. These included 38 suicide blasts, which took 650 lives and 128 other bombs, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which killed 555.
Some explosions were large and aimed at the public while others were highly targeted, such as the man who got inside a police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, before blowing himself up.
Gun attacks took at least another 1,574 lives, while a further 666 deaths were described as ambushes, many of which are likely to have involved shootings.
It is estimated that 426 people were murdered in execution-style killings, including 50 who were reported to have been beheaded in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Among these were captured US aid worker Peter Kassig, who was beheaded along with a group of Syrians in the middle of the month.
Mortars and shelling killed 204 people and 49 were attacked with knives.
Prof Neumann said the range of tactics and methods of attack reflected "the increased emphasis on holding territory and confronting conventional forces".
Data journalism by Christine Jeavans and Nassos Stylianou, web development by Richard Bangay and Aidan Fewster, design by Charlotte Thornton. Data gathered by Paul Brown and colleagues at BBC Monitoring and Haidar Lapcha and Sophia Khan at the ICSR.
Data was also provided by ACLED, Iraq Body Count, South Asia Terrorism Portal, Syrian Network for Human Rights and Violations Documentation Centre in Syria.