The death of Amjad Farooqi in a gun battle with police yesterday is another defeat for terrorism. He is reported as having been not only Pakistan’s most wanted terror suspect, but also a significant al-Qaeda authority in that country.

Similarly, Israel’s killing of Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, by a car bomb in Damascus, compromises the effectiveness of Hamas, another terrorist organization.

The deaths of these senior terrorist coordinators will not, of course, in and of themselves stop terrorism. Their deaths will, however, reduce the effectiveness of the respective terrorist organizations.

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