Clark: Mubarak's warning on Iraq came true

President Hosni Mubarak's expectations that waging war on Iraq would create scores of Al-Qaeda-style terrorist organizations have turned out to be true, said Richard Clark, the terrorism combat department chief during Bill Clinton and George W. Bush's administrations.

Speaking in an interview with French magazine La Nouvel Observateur, published Friday, Clark said that President Mubarak's expectation has been materialized, adding that since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, terrorist acts have almost doubled.

The Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network splintered itself into several groups that have independent decisions, whether in Saudi Arabia, Europe, Indonesia or the Middle East, said Clark.

He accused Bush of committing a strategic mistake by invading Iraq, noting that the biggest mistake Bush has made is attributed to his dogmatic belief that the United States is capable of changing the political geography of the Mideast region.