Impossible to defeat "Strategy of a thousand cuts"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Al Qaeda vows more 'thousand cuts' attacks
05:55 AM Nov 22, 2010

WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing has threatened more small-scale attacks against the United States to inflict broad economic damage - a new strategy which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by "a thousand cuts".

In a new edition of its online English magazine, the group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula boasted that its recent attempt to bomb two US-bound cargo planes was cheap, costing only US$4,200 ($5,442) to carry out.

The bombs were intercepted last month in Britain and Dubai, sparking a worldwide security alert.

"To bring down America we do not need to strike big," it said. "In such an environment of security phobia that is sweeping America, it is more feasible to stage smaller attacks that involve less players and less time to launch."

http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC101122-0000056/Al-Qaeda-vows-more-thousand-cuts-attacks

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. How much did this meager investment cost western govts?

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Basically all they have to do "to win" is take credit for keying a car in Bellevue.

Since their goal is panic, the effectiveness of their terror activities have no relationship to their scope.