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To: Skywatcher who wrote (652308)	10/27/2004 2:46:29 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO): ASIO director Dennis Richardson says that on a global level, the conflict in Iraq may have created more terrorists. “The only reasonable assumption is that Iraq has added to the number of militant Islamists and will lead to the development of international linkages between such individuals and groups,” he said. “Iraq has provided Al Qaeda with propaganda in recruitment opportunities and it only stands to reason that they would have some success,” he said. “It has provided another justification or rationalisation for acts of terrorism. “It has increased the threat against Australian interests in the Middle East.” abc.net.au