Given that since the start of the Iraq conflict, the percentage of positive opinions of the US has gone into the low single digits (the middle one in most cases) in most Middle Eastern countries, I can only see this as pushing the moderates into the radical camp, and the radicals into fully supporting Al-Queda.
In all likelihood we're going to see a lot more ant-West terrorism than we saw before the conflict. larry On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:51:03 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think the war in Iraq has persuaded people who otherwise wouldn't, to > join a radical Islamic group as a terrorist? If so, does that stand alone as > a valid argument against the war? Do you think it's possible that someone > who would join a terrorist group as a result of the war, would of eventually > joined that group anyway when some other issue was presented as a reason > down the road? > > I guess what I'm searching for is whether or not regular, peaceful Muslims > who otherwise would have never engaged in terrorism, are doing so solely in > response to the war and a perceived threat to their existence? > > > War Helps Recruit Terrorists, Hill Told > > Intelligence Officials Talk Of Growing Insurgency > > > > By Dana Priest and Josh White > > Washington Post Staff Writers > > Thursday, February 17, 2005; Page A01 > > > > SNIP > > > > "Islamic extremists are exploiting the Iraqi conflict to recruit new > > anti-U.S. jihadists," CIA Director Porter J. Goss told the Senate > > Select Committee on Intelligence. > > > > SNIP > > > > "These jihadists who survive will leave Iraq experienced and focused > > on acts of urban terrorism," he said. "They represent a potential pool > > of contacts to build transnational terrorist cells, groups and > > networks in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other countries." > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28876-2005Feb16.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147481 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
