On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:34:58 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:


Meanwhile, "some general" (whose name I've forgotten since I heard the
broadcast a month ago) said that the fighters he was encountering were
mostly locals. You will now say that yes, they could be locals, but hidden
somewhere in a dark basement is their boss, who's Syrian. Blah blah
blah.....

It's difficult wading through the BS to get an accurate estimate of the
foreign element in Iraq. The best estimate I have found is less than 10%,
actually 5-8%. It is a definite increase from the 2% encountered in
Fallujah, but would still qualify as "mostly locals." It is also
estimated that of the foreign element, 60% come from Saudi Arabia,
dwarfing the estimated 10% from Syria.

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/publi...?doc_id=268185

While the increase in foreign jihadists is troubling, it should be
expected from the new "terror breeding ground" we have created.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer