By Lisa Myers and Robert Windrem
NBC News Investigative Unit
Updated: 6:32 p.m. ET May 25, 2007
In a move sure to raise even more questions about the decision to go to war with Iraq, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will on Friday release selected portions of pre-war intelligence in which the CIA warned the administration of the risk and consequences of a conflict in the Middle East.
Among other things, the 40-page Senate report reveals that two intelligence assessments before the war accurately predicted that toppling Saddam could lead to a dangerous period of internal violence and provide a boost to terrorists. But those warnings were seemingly ignored......
“The United States will face negative consequences with Iraq, the region and beyond which would include:
Anarchy and the territorial breakup of Iraq;
Region-threatening instability in key Arab states;
A surge of global terrorism against US interests fueled by (militant) Islamism;
Major oil supply disruptions
2007-05-28
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2007-05-28
04:38:04 ·
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