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2007-05-24 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-24 00:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Back when I was seeing the tallies the greatest number of nitwits (caught/killed) were coming from places other than the Gulf (uh, other Arab places).

I of course don't know all we've done/are doing about the Syrian problem. I of course don't know all we've done/are doing about the Iran problem (come on, I'm not ABC News). However, I know the outcomes on the ground in Iraq for the last 2.5 years (at least). Unacceptable.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-05-24 01:58|| 2007-05-24 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I expect the Saudis have thoroughly infiltrated the network by now. I hope we've done the same, because relying on the Sauds to act in a principled way or to put US interests near the top of their priority list requires an enormous and unjustified leap of faith.

If we haven't put our people inside, then the CIA is more clueless than Johnny Lynde. How hard could it be to figure out what phone #'s they're handing out in the mosques?

Posted by Baba Tutu 2007-05-24 04:04|| 2007-05-24 04:04|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC in 2005 3/4 of the foreign fighters were Saudi or Syrian, with significant numbers of Egyptians. In fact, half of the fighters came from one province in Saudi Arabia (the one where Wahabbism was invented)

The fact that these groups aren't mentioned anymore may mean that those veins have been played out. I hope this means that the number of foreign fighters is getting smaller.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-05-24 12:16|| 2007-05-24 12:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I expect the Saudis have thoroughly infiltrated the network by now.

Well, they *ARE* funding it.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-05-24 12:32|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-05-24 12:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I still think the Saudi's are encouraging (or not stopping) their troublemakers to leave and die (as they did against the Soviets in Afghanistan). This will make the Kingdom more stable in the future. Not sure that's a good thing but I think that's what is happening.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-05-24 16:52|| 2007-05-24 16:52|| Front Page Top

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