"Mapping the Global Future"

[Tezcatlipoca]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4173981.stm

Originally Posted by BBC News

Iraq could become a breeding ground for terrorists, with survivors taking their experience to use around the world, a new US intelligence report warns.

Veterans of jihad in Iraq could eventually replace the al-Qaeda hierarchy, the CIA's National Intelligence Council says.

The report, Mapping the Global Future, warns of "a new class of terrorists".

It envisages how various scenarios for world security might develop over the next 15 years.

(snip)

http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html



"Iraq could become a breeding ground for terrorists" ? Surely it already is!

[punky]

Originally Posted by Matt D[url

http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html

"Iraq could become a breeding ground for terrorists" ? Surely it already is!

Not strictly speaking. It is more a magnet for terrorists that were bred in Syria, Iran and Afghanistan.

A lot depends on how the coalition act from here. People are returning from Fallujah to see the damage with mixed reactions. I don't think though, especially with the coalition there, that were would be much, if any, coordinated terrorist training facilities. Why not just do it in another country where it is easier?

I agree with everything else that the CIA predicts. Especially the bit about China and India becoming true superpowers and Al Qaeda becoming de-centralised.