From The Financial Post:Between 1998 and 2001, the US suffered three serious terrorist attacks: against its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998; against the USS Cole, a warship docked in Aden, in 2000; and, most devastatingly, against New York and Washington on September 11 2001. Since then, nothing.
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My Comment: This is an excellent summary of Al Qaeda's recent decline. But their polling reveals some troubling statistics. A part of me wants to believe that Al Qaeda will be no more in the next few years, but the article clearly points out that even though their support has declined, a good percentage of the Muslim world still strongly supports this terrorist organization, a huge percentage support Osama Bin Laden personally, and an even larger percentage do not want their security forces to go after Al Qaeda fighters.
As long as a significant percentage of the Muslim world supports terrorist organizations, they will always be a problem for the West. What is even more worrisome, is that with huge amounts of monies now going to the Middle East because of oil prices, the ease to purchase expensive weapon systems will become tempting for Al Qaeda supporters with deep pockets and a visceral hatred towards the West.
Because the manpower to commit suicide operations is now in decline, the only way to maximize this dwindling "resource" will be through spectacular operations". The WMD scenario becomes the worry now.
Al Qaeda may be down .... but it is definite not out.
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