State Department Report: US Losing the War on Terror

Excerpts ABC News "More Suicide Bombers, New Tactics, More Victims ":

The number of terror victims killed or injured is on the rise worldwide, according to the report, and al Qaeda's senior leadership has restored some of its control over the terror group's operations, and increased its mobility and ability to plan attacks.

Most dramatically, there was a 50 percent increase worldwide in suicide bombings last year. All told, 66,995 people were killed or wounded in terror attacks in 2007 (up from 59,327 in 2006 and 39,469 in 2005).

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The report says al Qaeda "and associated networks" remain "the greatest threat to the United States and its partners." That threat increased last year because al Qaeda's senior leaders had "greater mobility and ability to conduct training and operational planning, particularly that targeting Western Europe and the United States."

Officials also blame al Qaeda's ability to operate in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions has allowed the terror network to reconstitute itself and plan attacks elsewhere.

Gee, letting AQ escape from Tora Bora to the Pakistani tribal regions because the Bush administration didn't want to dull Americans' taste for war with lots of casualties in Afghanistan before an invasion of Iraq could be achieved looks like a worse idea all the time.

 And what a wash wasting our resources grabbing oil in Iraq has turned to be, anyway.

But John McCain has a better idea.  Lets attack Iran! (which has oil too).

So we might lose terror war (and the economic war,  etc, etc) , but Exxon, Chevron and the other Big Oil companies will win. 

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