APPARENTLY, WE HAVEN’T BEEN ALL THAT DISTRACTED:

The State Department, in its annual report on global terrorism, says the number of terror attacks declined sharply last year due to increased international cooperation and resolve. Seven countries – Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan – were again listed as state sponsors of terrorism, though Iraq may soon come off the list.

The State Department says there were 199 terrorist attacks last year, a 44 percent drop from 2001 and the lowest figure in more than 30 years.

Interesting.

UPDATE: Unfogged says that the State Department report doesn’t provide quite as much good news as it seems to at first.