Spy chief: Iraq may spark regional fight
WASHINGTON - A civil war in Iraq could lead to a broader conflict in the Middle East, pitting the region’s rival Islamic sects against each other, USA National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said in an unusually frank assessment this week.
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„If chaos were to descend upon Iraq or the forces of democracy were to be defeated in that country, this would have implications for the rest of the Middle East region and, indeed, the world”, Negroponte said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global threats.
Negroponte served as USA ambassador to Baghdad before taking over as the nation’s top intelligence official last April.
Negroponte tried to focus on progress in Iraq, but he acknowledged a civil war would be a „serious setback” to the global war on terror. „The consequences for the people of Iraq would be catastrophic”, he said. „Clearly, it would seriously jeopardize the democratic political process on which they are presently embarked. And one can only begin to imagine what the political outcomes would be.” (AP)
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