Examines the question of whether the war in Iraq has made Americans safer. Reference to the mob of Iraqis who murdered and mutilated U.S. security guards in Fallujah; Misgivings of Americans about the war; Warning by Homeland Security officials following the Madrid train bombings; View that toppling the Taliban and destroying Al Qaeda's Afghan base probably prevented atrocities; How Iraq under U.S. and Coalition occupation has become a savage battleground; Global implications of the U.S. military's reaction to Fallujah; The Al Qaeda-led insurgency of Islamic radicals; Challenges to occupation forces; Role of the law of vendetta in Iraq; Anti-Americanism; Criticism of the war by former counterterrorism coordinator Richard Clark.
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