Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror 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. via The New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/gwoye) [Pretty much speaks for itself, but I have to wonder why anyone thought our occupation of Iraq would make things better. Nobody likes foreign warships in their backyard. -- Sumocat]

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