US says world safer, despite 11,000 terrorist attacks in '05

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. war on terrorism has made the world safer, the State Department's counterterrorism chief said on Friday, despite more than 11,000 terrorist attacks worldwide last year that killed 14,600 people.

The U.S. State Department said the numbers, listed in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism released on Friday, were based on a broader definition of terrorism and could not be compared to the 3,129 international attacks listed the previous year.

But the new 2005 figures, which showed attacks in Iraq jumped and accounted for about a third of the world's total, may fuel criticism of the Bush administration's assertion that it is winning the fight against terrorism.

Asked if the world was safer than the previous year, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Coordinator Henry Crumpton told a news conference, "I think so. But I think that (if) you look at the ups and downs of this battle, it's going to take us a long time to win this. You can't measure this month by month or year by year. It's going to take a lot longer."

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-28T171845Z_01_N28365136_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-USA.xml

[corkhead]

1. That's right. All those suiciders can't strike again!

I feel safer.:sarcasm:

[0007]

2. There's something to what you're saying.

[stop the bleeding]

3. Well America is never wrong

I feel safer not like I felt scared before

BS!

[Initech]

4. Wow, the hypocrisy just keeps on coming, doesnt it?

The economy - jobs are being outsourced overseas, gas prices are reaching hourly wage levels, but hey, it's doing just GREAT!!!

And now terrorism - 11,000 terrorist attacks worldwide, but hey, none of those occured in America, so we're SAFER!!!

[uppityperson]

5. Hey, that's only 1.46 deaths/attack, see we're safer!

Less chance of getting killed in any attack.

[jukes]

6. because they're

LIARS!!!

[subterranean]

7. Do you feel safer now than you did 6 years ago?

[Rocknrule]

8. They don't count, as none of them were in America

:sarcasm:

[cliss]

9. This is really simple.

I'll just draw a graph of the number of attacks since 2001. I'll draw a line. It will go up. STEEPLY UP.

I'll just take my chart and paste it to the fool's forehead.

You really have to feel sorry for these people.

[BootinUp]

10. "you can't measure this..."

Hence no accountability. :crazy: