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| Iraq |
| Foreign Fighters Held in Iraq |
| 2003-12-19 |
| Today’s CPA Briefing Approximately 2(00) to 300 personnel who are holding passports other than those of Iraqi citizens are being currently held in detention. With regards to how many we can positively affirm that they were foreign fighters, they were foreign, they were fighting us; that would be a suggestion that that would lead them to be called "foreign fighters." |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #7 DaveD #4; There are some good reporters, but basically the ranks of journalists are fleshed out by them what can neither do, nor teach. It's like creative incompetence. You can't tell whether theyre looking for spin, or they're simply fools. GKarp #6; Fie! I resemble that remark. |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-19 10:06:58 PM |
| #6 I'm sure they were mostly Swedes and Lithuanians, with perhaps a smattering of Argentines and a few Taiwanese. And I'm guessing they're all Lutheran. |
| Posted by: GKarp 2003-12-19 7:56:03 PM |
| #5 Why don't they ask interesting questions, like "What is the breakdown, by country, of the origins of the foreign fighters that have been captured or killed since the beginning of fighting?" |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-19 7:03:57 PM |
| #4 The passage quoted was part of Gen. Kimmitt's answer to a question asked of him: "Sudarsan Raghavan, Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Could you please give us more details on the two Yemeni students who were captured? Were they foreign fighters or involved in any other way in guerrilla attacks? And also, how many foreign nationals have been detained to date? And of those, how many are you absolutely certain are foreign fighters?" I don't think Gen. Kimmitt needs a few days off; I think the press needs to take a good, hard look at how friggin' stupid their questions sometimes sound. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-12-19 5:14:42 PM |
| #3 Just don't tell the 9th Circus Court of Clowns. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-19 4:31:06 PM |
| #2 So is that one of Rummy's "known knowns" or is it an "unknown known"? Maybe a "known unknown"? I just don't know. |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-12-19 4:09:34 PM |
| #1 "they were foreign, they were fighting us; that would be a suggestion that that would lead them to be called "foreign fighters." Methinks I detect a touch of sarcasm. Briefer needs a few days off. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-19 4:08:41 PM |