A forecast from the National Intelligence Council predicts Iraq turning into an important terrorist training ground over the next 15 years. The NIC answers to the CIA Director. They predict the world of 2020 will see a continued threat of radical Islamist terrorism -- with a biological attack being the single greatest threat to the US.
The report says the Iraq War and other possible conflicts "could provide recruitment, training grounds, technical skills and language proficiency for a new class of terrorists who are 'professionalized' and for whom political violence becomes an end in itself." (NYT)
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Hmmm... I wonder if Bush will again say that they're "just guessing as to what the conditions might be like", as he did last Sept 21st.
Reminds me of comments I made last April about the long term outcome of this war.
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