Guardian's Julian Borger: "Bush Told He is Playing Into Bin Laden's Hands"

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1242638,00.html

Bush told he is playing into Bin Laden's hands

Al-Qaida may 'reward' American president with strike aimed at keeping him in office, senior intelligence man says

Julian Borger in Washington
Saturday June 19, 2004
The Guardian

A senior US intelligence official is about to publish a bitter condemnation of America's counter-terrorism policy, arguing that the west is losing the war against al-Qaida and that an "avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked" war in Iraq has played into Osama bin Laden's hands.

Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror, due out next month, dismisses two of the most frequent boasts of the Bush administration: that Bin Laden and al-Qaida are "on the run" and that the Iraq invasion has made America safer.

<>Anonymous, who published an analysis of al-Qaida last year called Through Our Enemies' Eyes, thinks it quite possible that another devastating strike against the US could come during the election campaign, not with the intention of changing the administration, as was the case in the Madrid bombing, but of keeping the same one in place.

"I'm very sure they can't have a better administration for them than the one they have now," he said.

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[rusty charly]

1. tell CNN, quick:

"some say the al-Qaida wants a bush whitehouse".

[indigobusiness]

2. You beat me to the punch.

Sorry for the copycat thread.I was putting it together as you posted this one.

Oh well, this needs as many chances to reach eyeballs as possible.
What an indictment!:

Anonymous does not try to veil his contempt for the Bush White House and its policies. His book describes the Iraq invasion as "an avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat but whose defeat did offer economic advantage.

"Our choice of timing, moreover, shows an abject, even wilful failure to recognise the ideological power, lethality and growth potential of the threat personified by Bin Laden, as well as the impetus that threat has been given by the US-led invasion and occupation of Muslim Iraq."

[StClone]

3. DUers

Have pretty much been noting that that since last summer and especially since we pulled most military out of Saudi Arabia -- a Bin Laden goal and bungling attack on Iraq increasing regional loathing of out gold spangled Freeperland.