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July 21, 2010

Ex-Head of MI5: Iraq War Increased Threat of Terrorism in Britain
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The former head of Britain’s domestic spy agency, the MI5, said the war
in Iraq has substantially increased the threat of terrorist attacks in
Britain. Eliza Manningham-Buller testified Tuesday before a government
inquiry into Britain’s role in Iraq.

Eliza Manningham-Buller: "Our involvement in Iraq radicalized a whole
generation of young people, some of them British citizens—not a
whole generation, a few among a generation who were—saw our
involvement in Iraq, on top of our involvement in Afghanistan, as being
an attack on Islam."



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