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Which country is the largest source of foreign combatants in Iraq insurgencies
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events Asked by: grthumongous-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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21 Jun 2005 00:27 PDT
Expires: 21 Jul 2005 00:27 PDT Question ID: 535365 |
Which country is the largest source of foreign combatants in the Iraq insurgencies opposing the MNF and the Iraq Transitional Government. |
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Re: Which country is the largest source of foreign combatants in Iraq insurgencies
Answered By: politicalguru-ga on 21 Jun 2005 01:25 PDT Rated: |
Dear Nice to see you again. The most reliable source I could find on the subject is the Washington Post: "The Washington Post reports that most foreign insurgents in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia, with a significant minority from other countries on Iraq's borders, such as Syria and Kuwait. The Post culled their figures from lists of dead posted on radical Muslim Web sites." (SOURCE: "Rice, In Iraq, Urges Patience" CBS News, May 15, 2005, <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/16/iraq/main695343.shtml>). The original article could be found at : Susan B. Glasser, "'Martyrs' In Iraq Mostly Saudis" Washington Post, May 15, 2005; Page A01, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/14/AR2005051401270.html> The Jewish magazine "Forward" quotes Senator Joseph Biden (D, Delaware), who has been to Iraq and have spoken with intelligence officials, substantiating this claim: "Saudi nationals fighting American forces in Iraq have grown in numbers significantly in recent months, and are now believed to constitute a majority in the swelling ranks of foreign Islamic insurgents in Iraq ? and the majority of suicide bombers in Iraq" (SOURCE: Ori Nir, "Saudi Jihadists Play a Growing Part In Iraq Insurgency, U.S. Generals Say", Forward, June 17, 2005, <http://www.forward.com/articles/3335>). Saaudi money, according to CNN, is also at least partly funding the Iraqi insurgency: Zain Verjee, "Is Saudi money financing Iraqi insurgents?" CNN October 26, 2004 <http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/26/saudi.money.iraq/> I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any further clarifications on this answer before you rate it. My search terms: insurgents iraq saudi, "washington post" insurgents iraq , insurgents iraq combatants countries , insurgents , "combatants in Iraq come", "insurgent * in Iraq come", "insurgent * in Iraq", "insurgent in Iraq", "insurgents in Iraq come", insurgents in Iraq come , "most * * in iraq come" , "most * in iraq come" |
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Thanks politicalguru. Thanks borisshah. Perhaps a viable theory that conflates borisshah's comment with politicalguru's research is that (Saudi) Wahibi jihadis travel to Jordan on "vacation" and then infiltrate into western Iraq where it abuts Syria and/or Jordan. Google Maps shows the long border of Iraq with Saudi, Jordan, and Syria. The Google satellite shows that much of that terrain is desert. |
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Re: Which country is the largest source of foreign combatants in Iraq insurgencies
From: borisshah-ga on 21 Jun 2005 03:40 PDT |
The Problem is that no one really knows how to track these insurgents so our best intelligence comes from Arabic news sources who tend to distort the picture a bit too much. But the majority according to the US Army supposedly comes from Syria which mirrors the diplomatic row between the two countries and all the clean-up operations being held at the border right now by the Iraqi and US Armies |
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Re: Which country is the largest source of foreign combatants in Iraq insurgencies
From: politicalguru-ga on 23 Jun 2005 23:35 PDT |
Dear Grthumongous, Thank you for that rating and the tip. I am sorry, but I cannot avoid my own personal opinion here: some countries have landed on the State Department list of states suppporting terrorism for much less; Some countries are still there, although some of the "terrorist" they've supported were legitimate government forces fighting against a US-backed guerilla (by the way, where since then a peace agreement has been signed); etc. |
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