Too often in the past, Americans have been tempted to regard such attacks on Western interests around the world, tragic as they may be, as signs that terrorists lack the reach to strike targets within the United States.
Most importantly, self-radicalized terrorists lack the organizational infrastructure and strategic guidance that large-scale attacks like 9/11 require.
In other words, the would-be domestic terrorists lacked the wherewithal to pull off their deadly plots absent the help of Bureau undercover operatives.
Mr. Bustani, a Brazilian diplomat, also said that in case of an attack by terrorists, he lacks the money to provide "a credible response team" of experts and equipment to cope with its aftermath.
Because terrorist groups lack the advanced weapons and equipment of traditional armies, suicide attacks are the most effective tactic they have at their disposal Pape estimates that roughly a third of suicide attacks allow groups to take and hold territory.
Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear.
Lacking the capability to inflict large-scale attacks, grassroots terrorists will focus on low-intensity operations.
At the time of the attacks, the commission reported, immigration inspectors did not believe their role was to focus on terrorists and often lacked the information needed to determine admissibility.
"Terrorists in Retirement" lacks the breadth of its devastating forerunner, and except for one horrifying description of torture, most of its witness accounts of wartime events are skimpier and less dramatic.
The police know the identities of most of the members of Greece's domestic terrorist groups, but lack the evidence to arrest and prosecute them.
