More PAIN for democrats -- Terrorism lowest since 1969!
AMERICAN OMBUDSMAN
Unfortunately democrats value their own fragile egos more than they do
the safety and security of the world. I'm glad we finally have a
president who takes his duty seriously. America is finally taking a
hardline against primitive screwheads who wish to fuck up our way of
life and that is a good thing, despite what democrats would have you
believe.
TERRORIST ATTACKS LOWEST SINCE 1969
The State Department, in its annual report on global terrorism,
reported the number of terror attacks declined sharply last year due
to increased international cooperation and resolve. Seven countries -
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan - were again
listed as state sponsors of terrorism, though Iraq may soon come off
the list.
The State Department says there were 199 terrorist attacks last year,
a 44 percent drop from 2001 and the lowest figure in more than 30
years.
A total of 725 deaths were attributed to terrorism, a dramatic decline
from the nearly 3,300 recorded the previous year, which included the
victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States.
The past year's most deadly single attack was the car bombing last
September in a tourist area of Bali, Indonesia that killed more than
200 people.
Introducing the report at a news conference, Secretary of State Colin
Powell said increased vigilance, international cooperation and U.N.
financial sanctions created after the September 11 attacks are
definitely making life more difficult for terrorist factions.
"It is harder for terrorists to hide and find safe-haven," he said.
"It is harder for them to organize and sustain operations. Terrorist
cells have been broken up, networks disrupted and plots foiled. The
financial bloodlines of terrorist organizations have been severed.
Since 9-11 more than $134 million of terrorist assets have been
frozen. All around the world, countries have been tightening their
border security and better safeguarding their critical
infrastructures."
Mr. Powell said the liberation of Iraq by U.S. forces has freed the
world from the "potentially-catastrophic combination" of a rogue
regime, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorists.
He said he hoped Iraq, which is soon to be stricken from the State
Department list of state sponsors of terrorism, can become an example
of a "state transformed" a contributor, rather than a threat, to
international peace and security.
Among the other countries listed as terrorism sponsors, the report
said Iran is the "most active."
It said Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its Ministry of Intelligence
and Security were involved in planning of, and support for, terrorist
acts, while the country's leaders continue to verbally and materially
support groups opposed to Middle East peace efforts.
Syria, which Mr. Powell will visit later this week, was cited for
continuing to host offices of radical Palestinian factions. The State
Department's anti-terrorism coordinator, Cofer Black, said U.S.
officials can not accept Syria's argument that it permits only
political activity by the radicals.
"We reject this distinction. Syria permits re-supply flights of
Hezbollah through its territory," he said. "Syria rejected a U.S.
request to close the Palestinian Islamic Jihad office. There are some
good things. Syria quickly condemned the attacks of September 11 and
has provided valuable information on al-Qaida that has helped save
American lives. Nonetheless, we want to make absolutely clear to Syria
that nothing short of full cooperation against all terrorist groups is
acceptable."
Though Sudan also remained on the list of terrorist sponsors, Mr.
Black said the United States is pleased with the Khartoum government's
recent cooperation, saying it has, among other things, given U.S.
investigators access to critical financial records and ratified
international counter-terrorism agreements.
Mr. Black said Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization is "on the run"
with more than one-third of its leadership killed or captured, but he
said it is still planning attacks and its threats must be regarded
"with utmost seriousness."
The U.S.A. Kicked Your Ass
I bet this shoves a corncob up the ass of the immoral minority; not
that those "alternate" lifestyle deviants don't enjoy it... ha ha ha!