Iraq Becoming Terrorist Safe Haven

[Pacifist Patriot]

Becoming?! Becoming?!?! How about: It has been a terrorist safe haven since Bush ordered an illegal invasion of a foreign nation thereby destabilizing the political structure to enable an influx of terrorists, creating a power struggle that utilizes violence and thoroughly pissing off folks who were already a bit touchy in the region?

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Report says Iraq becoming terrorist safe haven
State Department cites threat of small groups tied to al Qaeda
From Elise Labott
CNN

Friday, April 28, 2006; Posted: 5:47 a.m. EDT (09:47 GMT)

The report says Iraq, where scores have died in suicide car bombings, is becoming a haven for terrorists.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department's annual terrorism report finds that Iraq is becoming a safe haven for terrorists and has attracted a "foreign fighter pipeline" linked to terrorist plots, cells and attacks throughout the world, a senior State Department official involved in the preparation of the report told CNN.

The report, to be released Friday, also says terrorist groups loosely associated with al Qaeda present the greatest threat to the United States and the world, even greater than al Qaeda itself.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/28/terror.report/index.html

The rest of the article is worth reading because it also addresses other areas around the world. Given the conclusions in the report it looks like anyone here is qualified to serve on the committee that compiles the data, drafts the report and disseminates it. More than qualified in fact.

[tanyev]

1. That's why we're fighting them there!

To make it safer for them!

[Botany]

2. All I can say is:

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Afghanistan was less Russia's Vietnam, than Iraq is the US's

Afghanistan.