Iraq War May Incite Terror, CIA Study Says

[leftchick]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-intel14jan14,1,4774116.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=2&cset=true

WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq is creating a training and recruitment ground for a new generation of "professionalized" Islamic terrorists, and the risk of a terrorist attack involving a germ weapon is steadily growing, an in-house CIA think tank said in a report released Thursday.

The "dispersion of the experienced survivors of the conflict in Iraq" to other countries will create a new threat in the coming 15 years, especially as the Al Qaeda network mutates into a volatile brew of independent extremist groups, cells and individuals, according to the report by the National Intelligence Council.


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Most important, India and China increasingly will flex powerful political and economic muscles as major new global players by 2020, said the council, which likened the rise of the two countries to the emergence of the United States as a world power a century ago.

The two nuclear-armed Asian giants — one a vibrant democracy, the other a one-party state — will "transform the geopolitical landscape" because of their robust economic growth, expanding military capabilities and large populations, the council predicted.

"The rise of these new powers is a virtual certainty," the council said in the report, titled "Mapping the Global Future."

[dbt]

1. And how much did this little gem cost us all?

Never mind the money. We're going on 1400 dead Americans and untold thousands of Iraqis, most of the Islamic world is now convinced that we are the Great Satan and our economy is going straight down the shitter--all as a result of bu$h's war!

Jesus Harold Christ! You'd think nobody tried to tell the Dumbass-In-Chief that Iraq had no WMD and that if we invaded an (effectively) unarmed country based on a whopping pack o' lies, it might blow back on us.

And the best thing Mad Cowboy could think of to say was "Bring 'em on." We are SO fucked.

:freak:
dbt

Edited to add: "The majority of the civilians killed under the occupation have died at the hands of American ordnance, not terrorist bombs, and every civilian killed breeds another 10 insurgents." Robin Cook, The Guardian (UK) 1.14.05

[liberal N proud]

2. Do you THINK?

This is what George W. Bush's legacy will be, how history books will tell the story:
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The "dispersion of the experienced survivors of the conflict in Iraq" to other countries will create a new threat in the coming 15 years...
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India and China increasingly will flex powerful political and economic muscles as major new global players by 2020, said the council, which likened the rise of the two countries to the emergence of the United States as a world power a century ago.
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The bad news: The United States "will see its relative power position eroded" and the world will face a "more pervasive sense of insecurity" from terrorism, the spread of unconventional weapons and political upheaval that could reverse recent democratic gains in parts of Central and Southeast Asia.
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Thank you shrub NOT!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. All this reads like a bad Greek tragedy . . . the Gods on Olympis are

laughing their asses off at us.

[slor]

4. And people think they are being...

patriotic by shopping at wal-mart, which, in no small part, is fueling China's drive to global dominance.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. No effing sh*t. A four year old could have told us that 4 years ago. eom

[Oversea Visitor]

6. India and China

You need to ask them to seriously look at the Brazil, Russia, India and China pact.
The other global group is the EU now with a membership of 25 nation
The Asean group will be form, it would not be a matter of choice but a matter of necessity.
Asean stands for Association of South East Asia Nation.

This global polarization is the direct result of the threat pose by the US.

[Moderator]

7. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1149095