Al Qaeda gains recruits from Iraq war: U.N. study

[Barrett808]

Al Qaeda gains recruits from Iraq war: U.N. study
By Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. report released on Wednesday said the Iraq war provided al Qaeda with a training center and recruits, reinforcing a U.S. intelligence study blaming the conflict for a surge in Islamic extremism.

The report by terrorism experts working for the U.N. Security Council said al Qaeda was playing a central role in the fighting in Iraq as well as inspiring a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, several hundred miles (km) away.

"New explosive devices are now used in Afghanistan within a month of their first appearing in Iraq," said the report. "And while the Taliban have not been found fighting outside Afghanistan/Pakistan, there have been reports of them training in both Iraq and Somalia."

Al Qaeda, it said, "has gained by continuing to play a central role in the fighting (in Iraq) and in encouraging the growth of sectarian violence, and Iraq has provided many recruits and an excellent training ground," it said.

The report said that al Qaeda's influence may soon wane in Iraq, citing some fighters' complaints that they were unhappy to learn upon arriving in the country that they would have to kill fellow Muslims rather than foreign fighters or could serve their cause only as suicide bombers.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/wl_nm/security_un_dc

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Who you gonna believe...Our 16 intelligence agencies and the UN or Bush?

[ECH1969]

2. hmmmm

"The report said that al Qaeda's influence may soon wane in Iraq, citing some fighters' complaints that they were unhappy to learn upon arriving in the country that they would have to kill fellow Muslims rather than foreign fighters or could serve their cause only as suicide bombers."

Achmed: I have come to America to fight the Crusaders, how can I be of help?

Omar: We want you to wear this vest and walk in the crowd of Iraqis and then push this button.

[rodeodance]

6. they are going to africa, indonesia, philapines. etc

[rodeodance]

7. Rec. this is important.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Gee, the USA mounts an invasion, occupation and genocide in Islamic Iraq

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And is surprised why Islamic people hate the USA?

Sure, kill my daughter, niece, wife, child, friend, etc. in the name of your American "democracy"

Sorry - -

We can't forgive you

We WILL get "even"

COUNT ON IT!

[rodeodance]

9. yes, big surprize

[Anakin Skywalker]

4. No Surprise to Me, Holmes!

[rodeodance]

5. 'and the worldk agrees with us" said Bush (on the wmd)!

[rodeodance]

8. k

[rodeodance]

10. Iraq war 'has radicalised Muslims' (UK leaded memo)

posted on DU:


Wed Sep-27-06 10:42 PM
Original message
Iraq war 'has radicalised Muslims' (leaked UK MoD) Updated at 10:47 PM


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6110800,00...

Iraq war 'has radicalised Muslims'
Press Association


The war in Iraq has radicalised Muslims and acted as a "recruiting sergeant" for extremists, according to a leaked MoD document.

The report by the Defence Academy - an MoD thinktank - "paints a stark picture of failure" on the war on terror, according to BBC's Newsnight programme which has obtained the report.

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The study said: "The wars in Afghanistan and particularly Iraq have not gone well and are progressing slowly towards an as yet uncertain result.

"The war in Iraq ... has acted as a recruiting sergeant for extremists from across the Muslim world."

It added: "Iraq has served to radicalise an already disillusioned youth and al=Qaeda has given them the will, intent, purpose and ideology to act."




looks like BushCo hit the trifecta...

- NIE Report
- UN Report
- MoD Report

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Not just the "trifecta" - NIE, UN and MoD. Humanitarian orgs globally

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condemn the US for its Middle East invasion,

as well as "proliferating" terrorism.

BUT

what most people fail to realize/recognize/understand is that this destabilization is EXACTLY what the PNACers want,

As well as amassing weaponry(Aircraft Carriers, subs, Stealth Aircraft, missiles and munitions) right on the corner of Western Asia) (HEY - ain't that where Hitler made his move Eastward towards Moscow and LOST an empirical assault that he'd already WON? - hmm)

That's in the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan

Does that mean they got Iran just about surrounded?

hmmmmmmm

[bamacrat]

11. Wow, talk about a swift kick to the crotch.