Intelligence agencies warned about growing local insurgency in late 2003
BY WARREN P. STROBEL AND JONATHAN S. LANDAY
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil war, according to former senior intelligence officials who helped craft the reports.
Among the warnings, Knight Ridder has learned, was a major study, called a National Intelligence Estimate, completed in October 2003 that concluded that the insurgency was fueled by local conditions -- not foreign terrorists -- and drew strength from deep grievances, including the presence of U.S. troops.
For the whole article see "Analysts repeatedly warned of insurgency's growing threat".
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil war, according to former senior intelligence officials who helped craft the reports.
Among the warnings, Knight Ridder has learned, was a major study, called a National Intelligence Estimate, completed in October 2003 that concluded that the insurgency was fueled by local conditions -- not foreign terrorists -- and drew strength from deep grievances, including the presence of U.S. troops.
For the whole article see "Analysts repeatedly warned of insurgency's growing threat".
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You do not even need a "intelligence agency" to understand that the disruption that takes place in the middle east promotes further violence. It was crystal clear to begin with that the US would only feed to increased insurgence violence by invading Iraq. But no, Democracy needs to be exported by all costs. If Bush had asked congress and the American people three years ago: "Would you like to go to war to spread Democracy?" ... most people would have rebelled. So WMD's and the "war on terrorism" was used to convince the non-believers.
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