The majority of Americans expressed concerns about terrorism within the country.

U.S. residents are more afraid of domestic extremists than attacks by foreign groups, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

"The survey conducted on August 28-31 showed that when asked which security threat is the greatest for ordinary Americans, 33% of respondents chose domestic terrorism, 20% — external terrorism, and 42% pointed to random acts of violence such as mass shootings," the material says.

The agency emphasizes that 10 years ago the picture was different. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in mid-2013 showed that 21% of Americans consider domestic terrorism to be the main threat— down from 28% who identified external terrorism and 51% who chose random acts of violence.

The survey also showed that the effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks are still strongly felt in the country. Six out of 10 people say they periodically recall these attacks. At the same time, Americans do not believe that the wars that followed September 11 paid off. About 48% said that the war in Afghanistan was not worth the effort. The Iraq War was also unpopular: 51% disapproved of it, while 21% approved.

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