CIA's Riedel: 'There was no al Qaeda in Iraq (and consequently, in Syria) before Bush-Cheney!'

... and by association, widening the Shia'-Sunni schism

"... There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before 9/11—the terror organization moved into Iraq only when Osama bin Laden saw George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were getting ready to invade Iraq in 2003.  He set a trap.  By 2006 Al-Qaeda in Iraq had plunged the country into civil war, pitting Shia against Sunni...."