I thought Russia was only attacked by chechenian terrorists, not by Al Qaida.
AFAIK, those terrorists never attacked another country, only Russia (I'm not sure, though)
Regarding Germany and Switzerland...in some way, this shows exactly that terrorists are rational people, who don't attack arbitrarily.
I agree completly that it is vital for the fight against terrorism that Germany is a big part of it. I fear, though, that because of the latest tensions with the US and the simultaneous best-relationship-ever with France, the coaltion against terrorism is weakening (btw, I think fight is a much better word than 'war', for it includes more options)

Furthermore, I think it is very important to differenciate between the various terror organizations: Al Qaida is not the same as the IRA, Abu Sayyaf is not like ETA, the Leuchtende Pfad (shining path?) ist not the same as Salafia Jihadia.
But the current strategy treats them all alike. Terrorist = Terrorist. I think this is a false approach. Every group has its own special characteristics, it is naive to assume the same strategy will work with every group (It's like a football coach who claims he wouldn't have to study the tactics of the opponent because they would all play the same game).

It is necessary and reasonable to use military force to remove concret terrorist institutions (like training camps etc). But the difficult part is to eliminate what causes terrorism in the first place. Focussing on the military aspect solely will contribute to the development of more terrorism, not less.

Of course my initial post was ment as a provocation and exaggeration. Yet I'm convinvced that the current strategy will fail and I wonder what our leaders will be willing to do to keep it alive.