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The death rate in the US from al qAeda terrorists is less than the death rate from lawn mower accidents.

But the perceived death rate and the hysteria rate and the fear mongering rate is much, much, much higher. Many Americans would characterize the jihadi threat as equal to that of the Nazis who had one of the world's largest standing armies, controlled steel production, had the best scientists and engineers in the world and for a time the most effective airforce. The ability to regularly set of bombs in Baghdad markets is seen as equal to the ability to aerial bomb central London on a daily basis.