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| The Face of Iraqi Terrorism |
| 2005-03-05 |
| Excerpt: The Global Research in International Affairs Center in Israel, a highly reputable and reliable think-tank, has published a paper titled "Arab volunteers killed in Iraq: an Analysis," available at e-prism.org. Authored by Dr. Reuven Paz, the paper analyzes the origins of 154 Arab jihadists killed in Iraq in the last six months, whose names have been posted on Islamist websites. The sample does not account for all jihadists in Iraq, but provides a useful and eye-opening profile of them. Saudi Arabia accounted for 94 jihadists, or 61 percent of the sample, followed by Syria with 16 (10 percent), Iraq itself with only 13 (8 percent), and Kuwait with 11 (7 percent.) The rest included small numbers from Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Algeria, Morocco (of which one was a resident in Spain), Yemen, Tunisia, the Palestinian territories (only 1), Dubai, and Sudan. The Sudanese was living in Saudi Arabia before he went to die in Iraq. The names of most of the dead appeared on the websites after the battle of Falluja, and they were all supporters of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and al Qaeda. Of the 94 Saudis, 61 originated in the region of Najd, known as the heartland of the Wahhabis. The total of 154 included 33 suicide terrorists, of whom 23 were Saudis (with 10 from Najd). Given that Najdis make up 43.5 percent of Saudi suicide bombers in Iraq, and 65 percent of all Saudi jihadists on the list, Paz concludes that the "Wahhabi doctrines of Najd--the heart of Wahhabism--remain highly effective." Rest of 2 page article at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 Flypaper. Not to demean Dr Paz's efforts to compile the stats on the sample, but it's obvious who hates America ("We don't need no steenking freedom!") and the Shi'a ("Mongrels! Blasphemers!") enough to indoctrinate Wahhabis. Who'da thunk it, eh? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-05 6:44:51 PM |
| #2 so sorry, 8% from 100 is actually 92% foreign jihadis vermin. |
| Posted by: Annie War 2005-03-05 6:37:19 PM |
| #1 Does it also reveal that these 85%+ foreign jihadis live on a diet of imported Afghani heroin, domestic amphetamines, and Columbian cocaine, and represent a foreign anti-American cabal of first line killers, killing on the payroll of an international crime syndicate? And how on earth that bears any resemblance to any peaceful practicing religion in this world? Anybody? |
| Posted by: Annie War 2005-03-05 6:33:14 PM |