Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.