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Terror Networks
Al-Qaeda vetting recruits for Iraq
2005-12-05
Al Qaida was said to have rejected hundreds of Arab recruits to fight the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Islamic sources said Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi has rejected a large contingent of Arab nationals for recruitment in the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. The sources said Al Zarqawi ordered that none of the Arabs recruited over the last few months join either his group or the allied Ansar Al Sunna. "The feeling was that these Arabs were sent by the United States or Britain to infiltrate Al Zarqawi's organization," an Islamic source said.

The sources said many of the Arabs rejected by Al Zarqawi were Algerian nationals who volunteered for service in Europe. They said U.S. intelligence had penetrated Algerian factions and sent agents to join Al Qaida in Iraq.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#3  Somehow I think that if felt they were spies they'd be dead. This is bullshit. He's getting fewer and fewer recruits and trying to pass it off as being more selective.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-12-05 14:23  

#2  Paranoid are we?
Exxxxxcellent!
Posted by: Montgomery Burns   2005-12-05 12:58  

#1  "The feeling was that these Arabs were sent by the United States or Britain to infiltrate Al Zarqawi's organization,"

In reality, it was a easy for Iraqis to picke them out and thus a waste of resources.
Posted by: Charles   2005-12-05 02:44  

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