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2004, 19:00 GMT 20:00 UK Iraq 'is al-Qaeda battleground'
Coalition troops in Iraq The Iraq war may have increased the
terror threat, says Donald Anderson Iraq has become a
"battleground" for al-Qaeda, MPs have warned in a report on the
war on terrorism.  The Commons foreign affairs committee says
there are too few foreign troops in Iraq and Muslim states
should be encouraged to send forces.  The MPs say Iraqi forces
are still a long way from being able to ensure security in their
country.  The report also says Afghanistan could implode with
"terrible consequences" without more foreign troops.  Donald
Anderson, the committee's Labour chairman, said the Iraq war
might well have increased the terror threat in the short term,
although it was too early to assess its long term impact.  The
wide-ranging findings are the latest instalment in the MPs'
long-running investigation into the war against