MAYBE THE 'CHICKEN LITTLES' WEREN'T SO IGNORANT AFTER ALL

A pair of articles, in different nations' papers, caught my eye today because their lead paragraphs were strikingly similiar. Draw your own conclusions. I report, you, uh, make up your own mind.

From Austrlia's The Sydney Morning Herald

Intelligence given to Australia before the Iraq War warned that the terrorist threat would increase if military action was launched against Saddam Hussein, contradicting repeated assertions by the Prime Minister [John Howard].

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From Britain's The Guardian

Tony Blair was warned on the eve of war by his intelligence chiefs that an invasion of Iraq would increase the danger of terrorist attacks, which they considered by far the greatest threat to western interests.