How do we cope with a "war on terror" that seems to have no end?
Time magazine called 2010 "the year of microterrorism." The Department of Homeland Security stated last May that "the number and pace of attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine months have surpassed the number of attempts during any other previous one-year period."
Attacks on Russian territory doubled in 2010. At this writing, British authorities have raised their threat level to "severe," warning of a possible strike targeting London's subway stations and airports. Meanwhile, the death toll from a New Year's Day bombing outside a Coptic Christian church in Cairo has reportedly risen to 23.
Al Qaeda's new webzine is called Inspire. An essay describes "Operation Hemorrhage," the printer-cartridge attack on a UPS plane last October; total cost was $4,200. We are told to expect more such attacks this year.
