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This is what it’s all about.
Terrorist attacks decreased sharply worldwide in 2002 to their lowest level since 1969, the State Department’s annual report released yesterday shows, and Secretary of State Colin Powell hailed the war on terrorism for foiling the deadly plots. “The last time the annual total fell below 200 attacks was in 1969, shortly after the advent of modern terrorism,” said Cofer Black, State Department coordinator for counterterrorism. The report showed a steep reduction in attacks by “international terrorists” to 199 in 2002 from 355 a year earlier ? a 44 percent drop. The number of deaths fell to 725 from 3,295 in 2001, a year that included the September 11 attacks, the report said. “Terrorist cells have been broken up, networks disrupted and plots foiled,” Mr. Powell told reporters as the report was released. “But terrorism still casts its grim shadow across the globe.”
This appears to refute the argument that the war in Iraq will lead to more terrorism.
See my previous post, Why the War is Having the Right Effect on Terrorists.
