Decrease in Global Terrorist Violence
Delia Saunders, United Nations | May 26, 2008
Three American terrorism research organizations concluded that, in contrast to widely held opinion of experts, there was a net decline in terrorist violence around the world last year. ++ Chris Preble, Cato Institute: "Support for al-Qaida in particular is declining -- it was never very strong in the first place." ++ 9-11-attacks are becoming less likely, but public policy and the media are not recognizing this trend. ++ This is counterproductive; terrorist support bases become stronger the more influential they think they are.
