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September 17, 2007
A Meeting of Minds: Fighting them (and us) 'Over There'
President Bush's repeatedly argues that it's better to fight terrorists in Iraq than what for them to attack the United States again. He also claims that al-Qaeda wants to "drive us out" of Iraq. However, U.S. intelligence intercepted an internal al-Qaeda communique that al-Qaeda has us just where it wants us -- stuck in Iraq.
The letter written by senior al-Qaeda operative Atiyah Abd al-Rahman claims that "prolonging the war is in our interest." Few ever challenge President Bush with this new finding, which was translated and analyzed by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
Consortium News posts the relevant excerpt at as well as the entire letter.
Of course, even the CIA has suggested that the war in Iraq is a great training ground and recruitment poster for terrorists bent on fighting the United States.
Posted by davidphinney at September 17, 2007 04:56 PM
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