I guess I have to take this report with a grain of salt since it's issued by the Governement (The State Dept.), but if it's true - doesn't it mean we're winning the war on terrorism?

Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003

Worldwide:

There were 190 acts of international terrorism in 2003, a slight decrease from the 198 attacks that occurred in 2002, and a drop of 45 percent from the level in 2001 of 346 attacks. The figure in 2003 represents the lowest annual total of international terrorist attacks since 1969.

A total of 307 persons were killed in the attacks of 2003, far fewer than the 725 killed during 2002. A total of 1,593 persons were wounded in the attacks that occurred in 2003, down from 2,013 persons wounded the year before.

In Israel and the Territiories:

Terrorist attacks in 2003 killed almost 200 people (mostly Israelis, as well as a number of foreigners, including 16 US citizens), a decrease from the more than 350 people killed in 2002.

Did I mention that it's been 961 days since the last major terrorist attack on U.S. soil? **Knock** on wood.