Iraq could become 'terrorist Disneyland', experts warn

[Quetzal]

Iraq could become 'terrorist Disneyland', experts warn

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Iraq (news - web sites) could become a "terrorist Disneyland" and the conflict there is already inspiring a growing number of attacks worldwide, terrorism experts say.

While Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s Al-Qaeda network is the spearhead, local groups of enraged Islamic militants from Southeast Asia to Europe are seen as posing an even bigger threat.

"Iraq is the new land of jihad and the events there are having a profound impact on the Islamic movements and Muslim societies worldwide," said Rohan Gunaratna, associate professor at the Singapore-based Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.

"Al-Qaeda is the main source of inspiration but the bigger threat today is from its associate organisations in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Caucuses," Gunaratna, a top international terrorism specialist, told AFP.

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Iraq could become 'terrorist Disneyland', experts warn

[Qanisqineq]

1. I'm sure Osama is loving this

watching the Arab world get pissed at the US. Scary.

[Kinkistyle]

2. he couldn't have planned out a better jihad.

Gotta rank him up there with the top geo-political strategists in history. He found his mark in Dumbya and played him and the Americans to startling success.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

4. As Richard Clarke says in his book ..

"It was as if Usama bin Laden, hidden in some high mountain redoubt, were engaging in long-range mind control of George Bush, chanting "invade Iraq, you must invade Iraq." (p.246)

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Good morning Quetzal

Unfortunately, this article is more than 12 hours old, so I'll have to move it to GD.

Thanks! :hi: