Rethinking Our Terrorist Fears

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Many students of terrorism believe that in important ways, Al Qaeda and its ideology of global jihad are in a pronounced decline — with its central leadership thrown off balance as operatives are increasingly picked off by missiles and manhunts and, more important, with its tactics discredited in public opinion across the Muslim world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/we...w/27shane.html