Two Terrors

"There were two 'Reigns of Terror' ... the one inflicted death upon a thousand persons, the other upon a hundred million..."

Mark Twain, writing about the French Revolution,
in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Full quotation

Sudden Terror: Acts of Terrorism	Lasting Terrors: Hunger, Disease & Poverty
7000 people, 11 September 2001, attacks on the United States	24,000 people, 11 September 2001 (and every day) died of hunger*
21 people, June 2001 suicide bomb, discotheque, Tel Aviv, Israel	6,020 children, 11 September 2001 (and every day) died from diarrhoea*
17 people, October 2000, attack on US warship, the Cole, Yemen	2,700 children, 11 September 2001 (and every day) died from measles*
118 people, September 1999 apartments bombed, Moscow, Russia.	73,606 people every year are killed by drought and famine
224 people, August 1998, attacks on US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania	515,000 women every year die in pregnancy & childbirth
29 people, August 1998, bomb in town centre, Omagh, Northern Ireland	200,000 children every year killed in conflict
62 people, November 1997 attack on tourist site, Luxor, Egypt	Malnourished children in the developing world: 149,000,000
19 people, June 1996 attack on US military complex, Saudi Arabia	People who cannot get safe drinking water: 100,000,000
168 people, April 1995 Federal Building bombed, Oklahoma City, US	People who do not have satisfactory sanitation: 2,400,000,000
23 people, October1994 suicide bus bomb, Tel Aviv, Israel	Children under 15 in Africa who have HIV: 1,100,000

* The figures are based on the yearly averages: - in reality, of course, not exactly the same number of people die on each day of the year.

Last Modified: 17 November 2001

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