We Are Winning

If you own Al Qaeda stock, I suggest you sell it.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — International acts of terror in 2003 were the fewest in more than 30 years, according to the U.S. State Department’s annual terrorism report released Thursday.
The Patterns of Global Terrorism report said 190 acts of international terrorism occurred in 2003 — a slight drop from 198 attacks the previous year and the lowest total since 1969.
The figure marked a 45 percent decrease in attacks since 2001, but it did not include most of the attacks in Iraq, because attacks against combatants did not fit the U.S. definition of international terrorism. [Emphasis added.]

I doubt this news will put to bed the idea that fighting terrorism and dictatorships only creates more terrorism. But it should.
(Hat tip: Sean LaFreniere)