[jpsb]

But, but, but I thought "Al Qaeda has been decimated, scattered across North Africa and the Middle East and able to launch only small-scale attacks"

Hmmmmmm

[1010RD]

Decimated - reduced by only 10%

Scattered - like a viral infection

Small scale - just a single airplane shot down with a single MANPADS, not a whole bunch of airplanes all at once.