US Intel Report: Iraq “Cause Celebre” For Extremists
US Intel Report: Iraq “Cause Celebre” For Extremists…
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Excerpts from a major intelligence report were declassified today, revealing that the Iraq war has become a “cause celebre” for Islamic extremists and is “breeding a deep resentment of the US in the Muslim world.”
Roughly three pages of the thirty-page report were released; President Bush was “clearly unhappy” about the declassification, but information from the document had been released by The New York Times over the weekend. The report cited four major factors that fuel Islamic militants: the Iraq “jihad,” anti-US sentiment among “most Muslims,” a sense of powerlessness, and the slow pace of reform in most Muslim nations. Predicting that Islamic extremism will grow both geographically and in numbers, the document points to the Iraq war as “cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi requested rare secret session to examine the report, but her request was voted down in the Republican-dominated House.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/washington/27prexycnd.html?hp&ex=1159329600&en=5656b1b311db33ab&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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