It’s official –

Bush’s ‘war on terror’ fuels terrorism!

A US government report has admitted that the Bush administration-led
war and occupation of Iraq has fuelled terrorism. The report was
compiled from 16 government agencies back in April but has only now seen
the light of day.

The report says the Iraq occupation has become a "cause celebre" for
Islamist terrorists worldwide. CIA chief General Michael Hayden
concluded that: "New Jihadist networks and cells, sometimes united by
little more than their anti-western agendas, are increasingly likely to
emerge," and that "if this trend continues, threats to the US at home
and abroad will become more diverse and that could lead to increasing
attacks worldwide."

This contradicts US president George Bush’s claim at the recent 9/11
anniversary that: "The world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no
longer in power."

The report comes as no surprise to socialists who have long argued
that the Iraq war would increase political instability in the region and
fuel terrorism against the West. It also removes, along with the
fabricated ‘WMD threat’, the other argument by US and British
governments for ‘regime change’ in Iraq.

Moreover, it means that the tens of thousands of Iraqis killed since
the 2003 war and the hundreds killed in the Madrid and 7 July London and
other bombings are the victims of Bush and Blair’s imperialist aims.