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Take Action: Spread the Word about the NIE

April's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) provides clear evidence that the war in Iraq has increased the global threat of terror, despite the Bush administration's repeated claims that the war in Iraq is making America safer.

Every American needs to understand the impact of this report. Use this form and the factsheet below to let everyone know the truth about our national security:

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Message:	Dear Friend, For three years, the Bush administration has repeatedly told the American people that the war in Iraq makes America safer. In fact, on the recent anniversary of 9/11, the President declared that "the world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power." Now we have clear evidence -- the unanimous opinion of every agency in the U.S. intelligence community -- that this simply isn't true. Earlier this week, we learned that a National Intelligence Estimate in April makes the case, in no uncertain terms, that the war in Iraq has increased the global threat of terror. We need to make sure that every American understands the true impact of this tragic and misguided war, and the National Intelligence Estimate provides an opportunity to do just that. That's why I'm forwarding you this link from Senator Ted Kennedy. You can read the public portion of the report and review news articles on the entire document and spread the word here: http://www.tedkennedy.com/NIE President Bush needs to come clean with all Americans and honestly address the weakened position his Iraqi debacle has left our nation in. Above all, we need a Democratic Congress that will hold him accountable for his misguided policy. Thanks!

FACT SHEET
Excerpts from April 2006 NIE (PDF)	Quotes from the Bush Administration
"The Iraq conflict has become the cause celebre for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement."	"Five years after 9/11, are we safer? The answer is, yes, America is safer. We are safer because we've taken action to protect the homeland." President Bush \| 9/7/2006
"... activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims, are increasing in both number and geographic dispersion."	"Over the past five years, we have waged an unprecedented campaign against terror at home and abroad, and that campaign has succeeded in protecting the homeland". President Bush \| 9/7/2006
“We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives ...”	"You know, I've heard this theory about everything was just fine until we arrived, and kind of 'we're going to stir up the hornet's nest' theory. It just doesn't hold water, as far as I'm concerned." President Bush \| 8/21/2006
"New jihadist networks and cells, with anti-American agendas, are increasingly likely to emerge. The confluence of shared purpose and dispersed actors will make it harder to find and undermine jihadist groups."	"Had we to do it over again, we would look at the consequences of catastrophic success, being so successful so fast that an enemy that should have surrendered or been done in escaped and lived to fight another day." President Bush \| 8/2004
"Fighters with experience in Iraq are a potential source of leadership for jihadists pursuing these tactics."	"We've gone on the offense against our enemies and transformed former adversaries into allies." President Bush \| 9/7/2006
"Al-Qa'ida, now merged with Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's network, is exploiting the situation in Iraq to attract new recruits and donors and to maintain its leadership role."	"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." President Bush \| 5/02/03
"The increased role of Iraqis in managing the operations of al-Qaida in Iraq might lead veteran foreign jihadists to focus their efforts on external operations."	"It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine." -Dep. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz \| 2/27/03
MEDIA REPORTS: New York Times: A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. Washington Post: A 30-page National Intelligence Estimate completed in April cites the "centrality" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the insurgency that has followed, as the leading inspiration for new Islamic extremist networks and cells that are united by little more than an anti-Western agenda. It concludes that, rather than contributing to eventual victory in the global counterterrorism struggle, the situation in Iraq has worsened the U.S. position, according to officials familiar with the classified document.

Take Action: Spread the Word about the NIE

FACT SHEET

Excerpts from April 2006 NIE (PDF)

Quotes from the Bush Administration

MEDIA REPORTS: