Intel: Muslims Who Back al-Qaida Eye Iraq

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Sunni Muslim extremists who sympathize with the al-Qaida terror network intend to make Iraq their next battleground, as in Bosnia, Chechnya and Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, say U.S. intelligence officials monitoring their communications.

American intelligence experts estimate that several hundred to several thousand violent Islamic militants have entered Iraq to make war on U.S. and British forces. And the collective decision by so-called jihadists across the Islamic world suggests more are on the way, if they can make it to Iraq.

Whether enough will arrive to create a sustained guerrilla war is not yet clear, U.S. officials said.

"Iraq is emerging as the next jihad venue for Sunni extremists," according to one recent U.S. intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. "Similar to Afghanistan, Chechnya and Bosnia, many extremists are rallying to join the fight."

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-us-iraq-extremists,0,7214108.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Jim Sagle]

1. Muslim Eye for the Iraqi Guy - ya gotta love it.

[mike_c]

2. this needs to be publicized as the RESULT of the WH foreign policy...

...rather than justification for that policy. The pukes will try to spin this as justification for further troop committments, funding, etc for the occupation of Iraq.

[arcane1]

3. but, but but..... the world is 'better off' now that SH is gone!

it has to be true, George Bush said so!

(I can't believe I could complete that sentence without my head exploding)