<http://tinyurl.com/2f4rklk> 
http://tinyurl.com/2f4rklk


War on Terror <http://theweek.com/supertopic/topic/145/War+on+Terror> 


 <http://theweek.com/article/index/208832/yemens-bomb-plot>   

 <http://theweek.com/article/index/208832/yemens-bomb-plot> Sunday Talk Show
Briefing

 <http://theweek.com/article/index/208832/yemens-bomb-plot> Yemen's bomb
plot

 

Best Column

Email <http://theweek.com/article/email/209086?height=410&width=410>  

 
<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=theweek_814&guid=http%3A%2F%2Fthewe
ek.com%2Farticle%2Findex%2F209086%2Fwhy-americas-luck-against-al-qaeda-is-ab
out-to-run-out> Buzz up! 


Why America's luck against Al Qaeda is about to run out 


The jihadists have been on losing streak recently, says Thomas Friedman in
The New York Times. But don't expect that to continue


posted on November 8, 2010, at 11:30 AM

 
<http://theweek.com/article/slideshow/209086/why-americas-luck-against-al-qa
eda-is-about-to-run-out> Faisal
Shahzad, in a video made prior to his bungled Times Square
bombing attempt.

Faisal Shahzad, in a video made prior to his bungled Times Square bombing
attempt. SEE ALL 35 PHOTOS
<http://theweek.com/article/slideshow/209086/why-americas-luck-against-al-qa
eda-is-about-to-run-out>  

Best Opinion:  NY Times

Hardly anybody mentioned al Qaeda in the midterm campaign, says Thomas
Friedman in
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07friedman.html?_r=1&hp> The New
York Times, but that wasn't because the terrorist threat is behind us. On at
least five occasions in the past year - including the "underwear bomber,"
the Times Square bomber, and the recent attempt to blow up U.S. bound cargo
planes - al Qaeda or its ideological brethern have tried to inflict mass
carnage on Americans. To date, we've simply been "incredibly lucky" in
averting disaster. But we can't count on that good fortune forever. Here, an
excerpt: 

Imagine if all five had gone off? We would be checking the underwear of
every airline passenger, you would have to pass through metal detectors to
walk into Times Square or take the subway, and the global air cargo industry
would be in turmoil, as every package would have to be sniffed by a
bomb-detecting dog.

So, yes, we won the lottery five times in a row - and that's just the
attempts we know about. But one of these days, our luck is going to run out
because the savage madness emanating from Al Qaeda, from single individuals
it inspires over the Web and from its different franchisees - like the
branches in Yemen and Iraq - is only increasing...

What do do?... For starters, we're going to have to learn to live with more
insecurity. Terrorism is awful, but it is not yet an existential threat. And
we can't let our response to it be to shut down our open society or tear
ourselves apart with recriminations.

Read the full article in
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07friedman.html?_r=1&hp> The New
York Times.

 

 



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