War 'playing into al- Qaeda's hands'

Two British scholars say the US strategy for defeating al-Qaeda is in fact having the opposite effect.

They describe the military response to the terrorism of 11 September as "deeply counter- productive".

Broadening the war on terror from Afghanistan to Iraq, they believe, could provoke Baghdad into first use of chemical or biological weapons.

Endless conflict, they argue, will be the consequence of meeting terror with violence.
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Read their briefing paper...

Briefing paper on 'A Never-Ending War? Consequences of September 11'.

both thanks to Cursor

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Army is considering shutting down the military's only office devoted entirely to peacekeeping

"My concern is, what message does this send to the world?" Col. George Oliver, director of the institute, said in a telephone interview Monday. "It's going to say that the U.S. military doesn't really care about peacekeeping."
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thanks to BookNotes

Duh!