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CIA Warns U.S. Counterterrorism Ops Fail to Address Root Causes of Terrorism

HeadlineOct 29, 2002

The CIA has warned that U.S. counterterrorist operations around the world may not eliminate the threat of future attacks because they fail to address the root causes of terrorism. The CIA added that continued instability in Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are likely to fuel radicalism in the Muslim world. The assessment was made in a series of written answers to questions posed by members of Congress that were released to the general public yesterday.

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