"Muslim jihadists increasing in number and geographic dispersion"

[Herman Munster]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/world/middleeast/27intel.html?hp&ex=1159416000&en=e7cb014f7d4fe4e4&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Portions of a National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism that the White House released under pressure on Tuesday said that Muslim jihadists were “increasing in both number and geographic dispersion” and that current trends could lead to increasing attacks around the globe.

The report, a comprehensive assessment of terrorism produced in April by American intelligence agencies, said the invasion and occupation of Iraq had become a “cause célèbre” for jihadists. It identified the jihad in Iraq as one of four underlying factors fueling the spread of the Islamic radicalism, along with entrenched grievances, the slow pace of reform and pervasive anti-American sentiment.

The intelligence estimate said American-led counterterrorism efforts in the past five years had “seriously damaged the leadership of Al Qaeda and disrupted its operations.” But it said that Al Qaeda continued to pose the greatest threat to American interests among terrorism organizations, and that the global jihadist movement overall was “spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts.”

The estimate predicted that over the next five years the factors fueling the spread of global jihad were likely to be more powerful than those that might slow it.

[Bluebear]

1. Mission accomplished, you monkey. You poured water on a grease fire. nt

[Itchinjim]

2. That idiot ordered this released???!!!

It just proves what the original report stated! My God, this is almost beyond comprehension. What a frickin' MORAN!!