Two events this week must send a chill of fear down the spines of terrorist leaders.
In Pakistan, the chief of the Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud died when a Hellfire missile fired from an American drone demolished the house in which he was sheltering - and also killed several of his companions.
The pivotal point was the break in security that allowed security forces to track him. This man had been successful in fomenting carnage across his country, protected by sympathisers who maintained a wall of silence.
Obviously, that wall of silence crumbled !
In Indonesia the top fugitive responsible for terrorist bombings in Bali and Jakarta - Noordin Mohammad Top - died in a hail of gunfire after the security people tracked and trapped him in a safe house.
Once again, that wall of silence that protected him failed.
Only a dedicated religious fanatic could approve of a bombing campaign that targeted people solely for the crime of not being Muslims - and at the same time included innocent Muslims as a by-product of that carnage.
Obviously, some rank and file people are having second thoughts as time goes by and the list of innocent victims grows longer.
The remaining terrorist leaders must now look over their shoulder - and wonder when the moment of their detection will arrive - and with that the blast of gunfire that will end their lives.
Terrorism will not end anytime soon - but for the perpetrators life has got a lot more dangerous !
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