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**Andrius** · 04-05-2010, 02:18 PM

I think that you need to consider that a terror attack need not result in loss of life to be "successful". Richard Reid failed to bring down a plane but he did manage to change the way that security was handled internationally. It is the intent of terrorism to provoke a response and sow seeds of distrust. In this the terrorists have been eminently successful.

Good point. You can't cause terror in dead people.

04-05-2010, 02:18 PM	#7
Andrius Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	I think that you need to consider that a terror attack need not result in loss of life to be "successful". Richard Reid failed to bring down a plane but he did manage to change the way that security was handled internationally. It is the intent of terrorism to provoke a response and sow seeds of distrust. In this the terrorists have been eminently successful. Good point. You can't cause terror in dead people.
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