http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/world/middleeast/24terror.html?ex=1159416000&en=a2ca3fabce5ec328&ei=5087%0A

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat By MARK MAZZETTI

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — 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.