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ITEM: In his report in the May 28, 2004 Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan wrote: "While officials of the FBI and the Justice Department were telling citizens this week to prepare for possible terrorist attacks over the summer, a well-known strategic think tank and two human rights organizations were questioning the direction and value of the U.S.-led war on terror.... The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a London-based think tank ... claims that, far from being undermined by the war on terror, Al Qaeda 'has more than 18,000 potential terrorists scattered around the world and the war in Iraq is swelling its ranks.'"
AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Even before the start of the latest war against Iraq, THE NEW AMERICAN stated in our October 7, 2002 issue: "It is ... essential that we end our self-defeating policy of foreign intervention, which engenders hatred toward the United States and guarantees a steady recruitment of terrorists to the ranks of those who want to destroy us." Shortly after Saddam Hussein's regime was top pled, in a cover story entitled "What Did We Win?" in our May 19, 2003 issue, we opined: "Removing Saddam [from power] ...
Source: HighBeam Research, U.S. war spurring rise in number of terrorists.(Ahead Of The Curve)