Researchers: Terror attack least likely in North America

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/ A man examines the aftermath of a bomb attack in Baghdad on Wednesday.By Ian Johnston, NBC NewsNorth America is the least likely region of the world to suffer from terrorism, according to a “Global Terrorism Index” launched Tuesday.

The body behind the index, the Australia-based Institute of Economics & Peace, said in a statement that since the 2003 Iraq invasion the number of terror attacks worldwide had increased fourfold.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld But it added that the number of fatalities had fallen by 25 percent from a peak in 2007.

The institute produced an interactive map, showing the extent to which different countries were affected.

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