Terror threat to U.S. called 'significant'

WASHINGTON (CNN) : The fight against international terrorism remains "formidable" for the United States and its allies, with 651 significant attacks taking 1,900 lives worldwide last year, according to two U.S. government reports released.
The National Counterterrorism Center released statistics on global terrorism simultaneously with the State Department's annual terrorism report.

The State Department report said "international terrorism continued to pose a significant threat to the United States and its partners in 2004."
And the preliminary NCTC report said there were 651 terrorist attacks in 2004 classified as "significant," with 1,907 people killed.