Sr. French, Canadian Officials Warn Iraq "Faculty for Terrorism"-DailyStar

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1//The Daily Star, Lebanon Friday, October 21, 2005

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=19479



SENIOR FRENCH, CANADIAN OFFICIALS WARN IRAQ ‘FACULTY FOR TERRORISM’

Compiled by Daily Star staff

Iraq has become a "postgraduate faculty for terrorism" and is attracting thousands of foreigners who could foment violence when they return home, the head of Canada's spy agency said Thursday.



Jim Judd, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told the Toronto Star newspaper that a new generation of militants was using the war in Iraq to get first-hand experience.



"We all obviously hope the conflict in Iraq ends soon, but then worry about what all these people are going to do," he said. "They will re-migrate around the world and return home.



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Judd said his agency was aware of Canadian militants planning to go to Iraq, but he declined to give more details.



Judd's warnings were echoed by France's top anti-terrorism judge, who said terror threat in Europe remains high as young European Muslims are being radicalized in Iraq and returning home to commit jihad.



"It's quite a black hole, sucking up all the elements located in Europe, and pushing them to leave Europe and go to Iraq," Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, a leading terrorism expert, told BBC radio.

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