MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

US report says Iraq fuels terror

The New York Times newspaper has published what it says are the findings of a classified US intelligence paper on the effects of the Iraq war.
The document reportedly blames the three-year-old conflict for increasing the threat of terrorism and helping fuel Islamic radicalism worldwide.
This latest finding, known as a National Intelligence Estimate, is the most comprehensive report yet, based on the considered analysis of all 16 of the US intelligence agencies.

[According to the New York Times, the report says the invasion and occupation of Iraq has spawned a new generation of Islamic radicalism that has spread across the globe.]

But Bush says America is safer

"We are safer because we've taken action to protect the homeland. We are safer because we're on the offensive against our enemies overseas."

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