NYT: Anger on Iraq Seen as New Qaeda Recruiting Tool

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sat Mar 15 22:58:17 PST 2003


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/international/middleeast/16RECR.html

New York Times March 16, 2003

Anger on Iraq Seen as New Qaeda Recruiting Tool

By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and DESMOND BUTLER

L ONDON, March 15 On three continents, Al Qaeda and other terror

organizations have intensified their efforts to recruit young Muslim

men, tapping into rising anger about the American campaign for war in

Iraq, according to intelligence and law enforcement officials.

In recent weeks, officials in the United States, Europe and Africa say

they had seen evidence that militants within Muslim communities are

seeking to identify and groom a new generation of terrorist

operatives. An invasion of Iraq, the officials worry, is almost

certain to produce a groundswell of recruitment for groups committed

to attacks in the United States, Europe and Israel.

"An American invasion of Iraq is already being used as a recruitment

tool by Al Qaeda and other groups," a senior American

counterintelligence official said. "And it is a very effective tool."

Rest at: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/international/middleeast/16RECR.html



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