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Bush defends Iraq war, details threat from al Qaeda

At least one intelligence analyst suggested a focus on al Qaeda in Iraq oversimplifies the problem there. Former acting CIA director and CNN national security adviser John McLaughlin said the situation is more complex.

"No question al Qaeda in Iraq is an important part of this conflict," McLaughlin said. "But to describe it in just those terms is to describe really a game of checkers when what we're dealing with here is a game of chess. Because we have many other facets to this conflict, including a civil war, including tensions between tribes, nationalists and so forth."

CNN's Michael Ware, who is based in Baghdad, said the fact that al Qaeda in Iraq is part of the broader terror network has never been in question. He called Bush's speech "an ancient history lesson."

"It makes one wonder why the president is hammering this point home when he glosses over the fact this war is creating more al Qaeda jihadis rather than reducing their number," Ware told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.