On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:59:41 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas <Peter@home.com>
wrote:
>"MareCat" <m_gormanNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in
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>> "PeterLucas" <Peter@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9981ABF27A0APeterLhomebrissiecom@210.8.230.25...
>>> "MareCat" <m_gormanNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in
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>>>> "Pete C." <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> The billions sent to Iraq are a drop in the bucket and while not
>>>>> being particularly well spent are at least being thrown in the
>>>>> direction of a very real threat.
>>>>
>>>> What threat???
>>>>
>>>
>>> Go hug a fucking tree, then go stick your head back in the sand like
>>> a good
>>> little ostrich.
>>
>> Predictable response...and of course you didn't answer my question.
>
>
>No.......... *you* give us all a plausable explanation as to why there
>is no threat. And never will be any threat.
>
>
>I'm sure the 9-11 victims families would *love* to hear it.
>
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat
By MARK MAZZETTI
Published: September 24, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by
American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion
and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic
radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the
Sept. 11 attacks.
The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a more direct
role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism than that presented either
in recent White House documents or in a report released Wednesday by
the House Intelligence Committee, according to several officials in
Washington involved in preparing the assessment or who have read the
final document.
The intelligence estimate, completed in April, is the first formal
appraisal of global terrorism by United States intelligence agencies
since the Iraq war began, and represents a consensus view of the 16
disparate spy services inside government. Titled “Trends in Global
Terrorism: Implications for the United States,’’ it asserts that
Islamic radicalism, rather than being in retreat, has metastasized and
spread across the globe.
< http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/world/middleeast/24terror. html?ex=1316750400&en=da252be85d1b39fa&ei=5088>
so, yes, the "9-11 victims families" are no doubt pleased as punch by
the whole war in iraq thing. and it costs just pennies a day!
your pal,
blake