Late breaking news from your dedicated teacher, CPFARROW--
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The war in Iraq has bred deep resentment in the Muslim world and provided Islamist militants with a "cause celebre" that allowed the global movement to cultivate supporters, according to excerpts of a secret intelligence report released on Tuesday.
"We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives," said the declassified segment of the report, titled "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States.
Democrats, hoping to take control of Congress in the November elections, have seized on media leaks about the report as evidence that Bush's Iraq policy has worsened the global terrorism threat.
But the declassified section, which contained 10 judgments about global terrorism including one on Iraq, reached no sweeping conclusion about the war's ultimate effect on global terrorism.
The politics of the War on Terror...stay tuned and come to class fired up!!!!!!!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The war in Iraq has bred deep resentment in the Muslim world and provided Islamist militants with a "cause celebre" that allowed the global movement to cultivate supporters, according to excerpts of a secret intelligence report released on Tuesday.
"We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives," said the declassified segment of the report, titled "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States.
Democrats, hoping to take control of Congress in the November elections, have seized on media leaks about the report as evidence that Bush's Iraq policy has worsened the global terrorism threat.
But the declassified section, which contained 10 judgments about global terrorism including one on Iraq, reached no sweeping conclusion about the war's ultimate effect on global terrorism.
The politics of the War on Terror...stay tuned and come to class fired up!!!!!!!
posted by Charlie Farrow at 6:11 PM
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