The Myth of an al Qaeda Takeover of Iraq

January 30, 2007

Ted Carpenter questions the president's assertion that an American military withdrawal from Iraq will pave the way for al Qaeda's resurgence there.

The article was first published in the Sacramento Bee on January 28, 2007, and is available in its entirety here:

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=7353


Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies and co-author of Exiting Iraq: Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War Against Al Qaeda (2004).

Posted by coalition at January 30, 2007 10:42 AM

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