while i do not deny that i have searched for terrorsim a number of times (mostly for research purposes). but i don't agree with its authenticity.
this is the insight for 'taliban'
http://i44.tinypic.com/2qao65k.jpg
afghanistan has a total of around 1,200 internet subscribers. and they alone are dominating the world search? seriously?
you can never trust stats too much. even if they are from google :)
Last time i checked, Google normalizes the data, which means that they take into account that out of the 1,200 internet users in Afghanistan, maybe 1/10 of them search for the word 'taliban'.
The interest level is by percentage rather than by head count.