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Originally Posted by Nephythys
Haven? You have foreign insurgents coming in to cause trouble in Iraq- like honey to a bee. Yes, I know you have heard that before.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Jan13.html
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But the council's report suggests the conflict has also helped terrorists by creating a haven for them in the chaos of war.
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Before the U.S. invasion, the CIA said Saddam Hussein had only circumstantial ties with several al Qaeda members. Osama bin Laden rejected the idea of forming an alliance with Hussein and viewed him as an enemy of the jihadist movement because the Iraqi leader rejected radical Islamic ideals and ran a secular government.
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I wish I could find it, but I read an article a couple days ago that said that a significantly larger portion of the "insurgents" than previously thought are not insurgents at all, but are coming from within Iraq.