Iraq war bred terrorism, says Chirac

[cal04]

FRENCH President Jacques Chirac, one of the fiercest opponents of the US-led war in Iraq, warned today that the conflict had provided a dangerous new breeding ground for terrorism.

"As France had foreseen and feared, the war in Iraq has sparked upheavals that have yet to show their full effects," Mr Chirac said in a traditional New Year's address to the French diplomatic corps.

"It offered terrorism a new field for expansion," he said, in a broadside against a conflict Washington still describes as part of the "war on terror" launched in 2001 following the September 11 attacks.

He said the war had "exacerbated the divisions between communities and threatened the very integrity of Iraq."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21017511-1702,00.html

[illinoisprogressive]

1. We french do not support stupid, selfish wars

My mother is from France. Most of Europe did not support this stupid war and knew it was wrong. But, France was trashed by this administration and the wingers because of it. Now, France is being proven right.
And, as always, Shrub is wrong.

[LeftishBrit]

2. He is absolutely right.

It was like playing with matches near a powder-keg. Absolutely tragic. And need never have happened.

[LynnTheDem]

3. Must be just a French thing...

Or not.

Terrorism threat worse in wake of Iraq war
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1543486.htm

Iraq War Blamed for Increased Terrorist Threat
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11107

Iraq War Increased Terror Threat: Global Poll
Most people in 33 out of 35 countries worldwide believe that the US-led invasion of Iraq has increased the threat of terrorism,
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1805227.php

Iraq war may have made terror threat worse
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20030709-064421-3832r

US Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042601623.html

United States: Losing the War on Terror (because of bush's war on Iraq)
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/terrorwar/analysis/2...

Evidence that the US May Be Losing the Global War on Terror
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1501

US: Three Years On, War on Terrorism Looks Like a Loser
http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=25437

”We have a stronger jihadi presence in Iraq today than in March 2003,” noted Roger Cressey, the former director for Transnational Threats in Bush's National Security Council at a briefing at the libertarian Cato Institute earlier this week.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0911-01.htm

The 'War on Terrorism': Winning or Losing? Losing.
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefings/winningorlosing.htm

Terror threat to US called 'significant'
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/terror.report /

Global terror attacks triple in 2004
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0428/dailyUpdate.html

Worldwide terrorism-related deaths on the rise
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5889435%20 /

US Losing the War on Terror in Iraq; The invasion of Iraq has increased, not decreased, the threat of terrorist attack
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article2629.html

Occupation Made World Less Safe, Pro-War Institute Says
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/terrorwar/analysis/2004/0526iissreport.htm

Iraq Invasion Hurt War on Terror
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0719-10.htm

Musharraf: World more dangerous because of Iraq War
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/25/03544/7945

Blix Says Iraq War May Have Worsened Terror Threat
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0319-02.htm

Poll: Aussies, Brits, Italians say Iraq war increased terrorism
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1576/5027215.html

Iraq intervention increased threat of terrorism ("intervention"??? What exactly was being "intervened"???)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0409/S00127.htm

UK Government; Iraq war 'increased terror threat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3451239.stm

Iraq war has swollen ranks of al Qaeda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1063717,00.html

US State Department Corrects Report to Show Rise in Terrorism
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5264512 /

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

Iraq Conflict Feeds International Terror Threat
http://www.skyhen.org/Focus/iraqcoverage/cia_iraq_conflict_feeds_international_terror_threat.php

But a clear majority of Americans KNEW this would be the result; we are all LESS SAFE NOW BECAUSE OF bUSH;

62 percent thought that the threat of terror would increase if the U.S. takes military action against Iraq.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/07/opinion/meyer/main539846.shtml

[Tempest]

4. No shit Sherlock

Talk about stating the obvious.

This has been widely known for the last 3 years.

[saigon68]

5. We knew that in Early 2003 and Posted it here

Millions marched in the street

And the ASSHOLE CHIMPANZEE and the NeoCons have become rich






And hundreds of thousands have died

[NV1962]

6. Bali, Madrid, London and other cities are sadly well aware of this fact... (n/t)

[MasonJar]

7. The Europeans had two world wars on their soil in one century;

they no longer want to solve problems with wars. We wouldn't either, if the US had been the site of those disastrous invasions and wars. (In fact we here at DU so not either.) The pugs only have one way to counter opposition. They have no policy to tout so they must instead attack. On edit: I seriously doubt that the French or the Spanish or the other Europeans give a hoot what the boy dictator wants. The whole continent hates his guts. Even in Britain it's Tony not the Brits that supports the fool-in-office.