Spread of Bin Laden Ideology Cited (Iraq war faulted)

[troublemaker]

Spread of Bin Laden Ideology Cited
Iraq Invasion Said To Alter Dynamics Of Local Militants
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 4, 2004; Page A13


The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has accelerated the spread of Osama bin Laden's anti-Americanism among once local Islamic militant movements, increasing danger to the United States as the al Qaeda network is becoming less able to mount attacks, according to senior intelligence officials at the CIA and State Department.

At the same time, the Sunni Triangle has become a training ground for foreign Islamic jihadists who are slipping into Iraq to join former Saddam Hussein loyalists to test themselves against U.S. and coalition forces, these officials say.

Islamic militant organizations in places such as North Africa and Southeast Asia, which were previously focused on changing their local country leadership, "have been caught by bin Laden's vision, and poisoned by it . . . they will now look at the U.S., Israel and the Saudis as targets," a senior intelligence official said last week. "That is one manifestation of how bin Laden's views are expanding well beyond Iraq," he said. -snip-

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48425-2004Apr3.html

[DrWeird]

1. The only people to blame for antiamericanism...

Is Bush and other republicans. The whole world hates us now because of them.

[Rex]

2. This was the point all along...the more enemies the US has

the more profit for defense contractors. Bush can also use this as a new "red menace" type fear tactic to keep the sheeple in line.

It amazes me that people still buy the garbage that our gummit spews about who we should hate & fear.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Important article by Pincus --

[Mari333]

4. The Post picked it up, good.

Now maybe someone will get it out there to the people of the USA and realize the truth. The Bush foreign policy of the Straussian Vulcans and Cheney have undermined everything as we all knew would happen.
Bout time it was in the Post, over a year late, tho.