Iraq a terrorist spawning ground, CIA admits

[98geoduck]

Title speaks for itself...

"Iraq had become a recruiting ground for Islamic extremists who represented a threat to the entire Middle East and beyond, the director of the CIA told a US Senate committee.

Porter Goss's testimony on Wednesday appeared to contradict Bush Administration claims that the war in Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein had made the world a safer place.

"The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become an extremist cause," Mr Goss told the Senate select committee on intelligence. "Those jihadists who survive will leave Iraq experienced in and focused on acts of urban terrorism.

"They represent a potential pool of contacts to build transnational terrorist cells and networks in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other countries.""

full story...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Iraq-a-terrorist-spawning-ground-CIA-admits/2005/02/17/1108609349394.html?oneclick=true

[ananda]

1. red herring

Boy is this fear stuff a nice diversion from all that pesky budget stuff...

Sue

[ckramer]

2. Thanks to the illegal Bush war

[libodem]

3. Go figure.

a good analogy would be cutting a snake head off Medusa. They are springing up all over. The more you cut off, the more exponentially spring up.

[uppityperson]

4. Gee, maybe we should invade and overthrow their government.

bah to Mr.bush

[driver8]

5. Thank you , CIA for stating the obvious...

There are about 50 million Americans who could have told you that.

[durutti]

6. I want to bring a sign to an anti-war demo that says...

"We Told You So."

[dbt]

7. Reckon how THIS shit happened!

Nobody dared raise an AK47 when Saddam had control. Suddenly, they's terrists everywhere in Iraq. What could possibly have happened to bring this about?

:eyes:
dbt

[0rganism]

8. Even the partisan hacks can't keep it in line for long

This is coming from Porter Goss, a certifiable wingnut bush cronie. Before him, we had Kay and Bremer and Garner and others saying damn near the same thing. All of them bush toadies, and they couldn't bring themselves to say otherwise, not even for their Lord Emperor W. Anyone who handles the Iraq occupation at any level can see right away what a total fucking disaster it is.

It does not ease my mind to know that they are almost certainly sugarcoating matters, and the true situation is doubtless far worse than they would dare to admit.

[Windy]

9. Their priming the pump for starting the draft

see other posts on DU where members have been called for volunteer selective service duty...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3134151

[0rganism]

12. I don't know if I'd call this "helping their cause", if that's what it is

They're making the bush administration look like careless policy dingbats. A draft, if it happens, is not going to be a popular sell even to the republican faithful. We'll see soon enough, though. Maybe the bushites really do feel sufficiently omnipotent to try it out. Every time I thought they'd put the cap on some outrageous activity miraculously exposed by the idiot media, bushco's managed to surprise me with their unmitigated gall.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans have found a way to mistake this unmitigated gall for leadership.

[98geoduck]

13. simply incredible, isn't it.

[HeeBGBz]

10. No shit

Bombing the crap out of a country will do a lot for motivation, too.

[applegrove]

11. Thanks for telling us the truth!!

[burrowowl]

14. Oh my! Oh me!

I'm shocked, I tell you, I'm shocked!
And apparently to get gas, there is worse bibery (mordidas) than Mexico?! Truckers selling gas to other countries where the price of gas is higher ... Ah, THEY ARE LEARNING CAPITALISM/CORPORATISM-FACISM AT AN ALARMING RATE! BU$H IS PLEASED!
And our soldiers are wounded grieviously and dead for the American CORPORATIST DREAM!

:mad: :puke: :mad:

[LynnTheDem]

15. PROGRESS!!! Way to go, BUSH!!!

CONGRATS on accomplishing something!!!

Exactly what all the experts warned you about!!!

Woooohoooooo we're so much not safer!!!

And won't the Iraqis be so pleased their country is a pile of rubble AND a spawning ground for terrorists!!!