I'm glad our involvement in Iraq is going to protect us from terrorism
A year on and nothing has changed
Iraq war produces terrorists
Herald-Sun
September 25, 2006 12:00am
A LEAKED US intelligence report found that the Iraq war has produced a new generation of Islamic radicals.
The New York Times reported that a classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), completed in April, said Islamic radicalism had mushroomed worldwide and cited the Iraq war as a reason for the spread of jihadist ideology.
It was the first formal appraisal of global terrorism by US intelligence agencies since the Iraq war began in March 2003, and represents a consensus view of the 16 spy services, but the White House said the report had been misrepresented in the press.
"The New York Times characterisation of the NIE is not representative of the complete document," said White House spokesman Peter Watkins.
He declined to comment on information contained in the classified document.
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