http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21310688/Turned against the Americans
This weekend, we went to a Baghdad jail, reserved for those who have carried out attacks against U.S. troops. The feeling is the same.
To a man, each prisoner says, it was the American occupation of Iraq that drove him to violence. Many of these people hate al-Qaida but found themselves fighting on the same side.
“An aggressor occupied my country, destroyed it and made millions
refugees. It is an honor to fight this,” said Hamid Ali, the owner of a construction company, who admits to attacking American troops.
“The U.S. says this war is part of the global war on terrorism,” said Saedi Farhan, an engineer who had also attacked U.S. forces. “But people here say that the war has increased fanaticism and brought terrorism to Iraq."
Not all U.S. officials agree with the president’s top counterterrorism advisors, Fran Townsend and Redd. New York police officials certainly don’t. They are on the ground level fighting the threat.
Asked if the war in Iraq made his job harder, New York police commissioner Ray Kelly expressed no doubt whatsoever.
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