The Daily Background

From the British London Times:

THREE years after its invasion of Iraq the US Administration acknowledged yesterday that the war has become “a cause” for Islamic extremists worldwide and there is a risk of the country becoming a safe haven for terrorists hoping to launch fresh attacks on America.

According to CIA data released yesterday, there were 11,111 terrorist incidents last year, killing more than 14,600 non-combatants, including 8,300 in Iraq. Of the 56 American civilians killed by terrorists in 2005, some 47 of them were in Iraq.

The figures in the State Department’s annual report on terror represented a fourfold rise compared with 2004, partly because it has adopted a broader definition of such incidents since having to withdraw data used two years ago on the ground that it was grossly understated. Officials conceded yesterday that the rising violence in Iraq was a factor in last year’s figures, saying that fatalities from terrorism there had “probably doubled”.

To be fair, some of the things that they’re no classifying as terrorism, probably wouldn’t be regarded by most people as terrorism per say. But still, they are admitting that U.S. involvement in Iraq is spurring terrorism on a global level, against Americans. Well, if they think this is bad, imagine what will happen if the White House decides to attack Iran. Between galvonizing angry people worldwide, serving as a recruiting topic for future terrorists, and the supposed tens of thousands of suicide bombers that the Iranian government says it will unleash on western symbols, people and establishments worldwide, attacking Iran would usher in a new wave of terrorism. Full article.

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