Difficult to believe if a person is following the TM threads.
Patterns of Global Terrorism -2003
Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
April 29, 2004
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The figure in 2003 represents the lowest annual total of international terrorist attacks since 1969.
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2003/31569.htm
( Please copy and paste to read article, as I am unable to link for some reason.)