Al Qaida 'Duped Allies into Waging War'

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Al Qaida 'Duped Allies into Waging War'
Mon, 09-13-2004 - 4:21pm
By Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent, PA News

One of al Qaida’s aims in its September 11 attacks on the US three years ago was to draw the west into military conflict on Arab soil, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s former envoy to Iraq acknowledged today.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s comments appeared to give some credence to the argument of critics of the Iraq War that the US and UK played into al Qaida’s hands by launching last year’s invasion.

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