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Is Iraq Helping or Hurting the War on Terror?
Republicans and Democrats find different messages in the National Intelligence Estimate partly declassified by President Bush. What does it say about the war in Iraq and the war on terror? What are the implications for the November elections? Does the Estimate provide any guidance for what to do next in Iraq? Also, the bullish stock market, and the cancellation of a work by Mozart by Berlin’s German Opera company. Is fear of Islamic extremism curtailing free speech?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenRepublicans and Democrats find different messages in the National Intelligence Estimate partly declassified by President Bush. What does it say about the war in Iraq and the war on terror?What are the implications for the November elections?Does the Estimate provide any guidance for what to do next in Iraq?Also, the bullish stock market, and the cancellation of a work by Mozart by Berlin’s German Opera company. Is fear of Islamic extremism curtailing free speech?
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The stock market is taking a lot of Wall Street regulars by surprise. Instead of declining in recent weeks, as some had predicted, the Down Jones Industrial Average is close to its highest finish on record. Will it break 12,000?
Read the story6 minIs Iraq Helping or Hurting the War on Terror?
President Bush has declassified about 3 pages of a 30-page National Intelligence Estimate saying the Iraq war is a “cause celebre” that has has helped produce a new generation of Islamic radicals and increased the threat of terrorism.
Read the story34 minCancellation of 'Idomeneo' Enrages Germans
One of the "key judgments" of the partly declassified National Intelligence Estimate is that “jihadists regard Europe as an important venue for attacking Western interests.” But Berlin's opera company has sparked bitter controversy by canceling an opera which might be offensive to Muslims.
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