Does this story parallel anything else you've read, this week?

FinsburyParkCarrots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5387168.stm

"The Iraq war has acted as a "recruiting sergeant" for extremists, a research paper prepared for the Ministry of Defence's Defence Academy says.

The paper on Pakistan admitted serious failings in the war on terror, the BBC's Newsnight programme has learned...."


You can watch the Newnight article online, until tomorrow night, 2230 GMT, anyway. Just check out the links, on this page:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm

DarkStar

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5387168.stm

"The Iraq war has acted as a "recruiting sergeant" for extremists, a research paper prepared for the Ministry of Defence's Defence Academy says.

The paper on Pakistan admitted serious failings in the war on terror, the BBC's Newsnight programme has learned...."


You can watch the Newnight article online, until tomorrow night, 2230 GMT, anyway. Just check out the links, on this page:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm

do you mean this? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARMY_RECRUITING?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-21-17-39-03

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meme

I remember in fall 2002 I had a flyer with Osama bin Laden pointing at the viewer, with the caption : I want you ... to invade Iraq.
Provide me with fresh angry recruits who'll do anything to kill you.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I was thinking more the Senate hearing, the other day.


Watch the Newsnight broadcast. There's really no equivalent in the US, in terms of investigative journalism on TV, and for the first time on his book tour, Musharraf had to face some very difficult questions, over the role of the ISI in supporting Al-Qaeda.

FinsburyParkCarrots

And also, this, from the other day:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm