Does this story parallel anything else you've read, this week?
FinsburyParkCarrots
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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
"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
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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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And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky....
Provide me with fresh angry recruits who'll do anything to kill you.
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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm