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'Several thousand' foreign fighters slip into Iraq
Washington Times ^ | 4/30/04 | Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 04/29/2004 11:27:23 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The U.S. military says "several thousand" foreign fighters are in Iraq, a number that has remained fairly constant in recent weeks as those killed or captured are replaced by terrorists from across the border.

The invaders, who began entering Iraq in significant numbers in the summer, have emerged as a major stumbling block to turning over political power to an interim Iraqi authority on June 30.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: insurgents; iraq; rowanscarborough
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1 posted on 04/29/2004 11:27:24 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Just as planned. Can u say Agincourt?
2 posted on 04/29/2004 11:34:01 PM PDT by dasboot (Hey John Effin'.....pull my finger....really!)
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To: kattracks
  Military officials said the regime of President Bashar Assad facilitates foreign fighters' movements by letting them enter Syria, giving them required papers and, at times, providing weapons before permitting them to cross into Iraq.
    Damascus also allows the fighters to re-enter Syria to rest and reorganize, the officials said.
    "We know that the pathway into Iraq for many foreign fighters is through Syria," Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN on April 18. "It's a fact. We know it. The Syrians know it."

Shut the border down.

3 posted on 04/29/2004 11:35:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
LIke why can't we have 50 UAVs with hell fires patroling the borders, if they are not crossing at a control point, surprise (BOOM).
4 posted on 04/29/2004 11:42:34 PM PDT by agincourt1415 (Falluja delente est)
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To: kattracks
Can you say "Bring 'em on"
5 posted on 04/29/2004 11:42:37 PM PDT by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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To: kattracks
It's cool, I hear Arab extremists make good fertilizer.
6 posted on 04/29/2004 11:44:41 PM PDT by flying Elvis
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To: kattracks
Patrol and shut off the borders. G-d these people are like roaches. Also, why don't we KILL the mutants smiling in front of burning Hummers? One or two days of killing the fist pounding, smiling scum assembled after a Hummer attack will end that Aljazera/CNN photo op.
7 posted on 04/29/2004 11:46:33 PM PDT by katz (Salt Fallujah)
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To: kattracks
The big differences between the Afghan/Soviet situation and the Iraqi/American situation is A) We're not the Soviets, and B) The Muhjahadeen fighters in Afghanistan were supplied by us. The guys slipping into Iraq today have no comparable munitions supplier.

I am much more optimistic than most that this situation is well within the US military's ability to control. The loss of life on our side, though tragic, is nowhere near what it would be if a truly credible force was opposing us. The enemy is weak; much, much weaker than we are.

8 posted on 04/29/2004 11:47:30 PM PDT by beckett
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To: katz
I was under the impression that the Iraqi borders were sealed.
9 posted on 04/29/2004 11:47:58 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: kattracks
Disturbing that the US military, and our politicians will openly acknowledge the threat posed by open borders, against US citizen/soldiers in Iraq, yet refute the idea, and deny the money to stop Al Queada from chainging entry tactics and waltzing in through the US Mexico border threatening the casfety of US citizens in the US. I'm not a closed border advocate, but the diconnect is astounding. How much does a one way ticket from Riyadh to Mexico City cost, plus bus ticket to the US border towns cost?

Just a fraction of what's being spent in Iraq could secure the border, and secure L.A. or another Southwestern US city from being attacked.

More on topic to the article, passively promoting the young disillusioned and brain washed religious ragtags of their countries to move to Afghanistan or Iraq is the best pressure release valve these regimes have. And the facts about the attack in Syria leads me to believe it was staged by Syrian agents of the Syrian goverment. The timing, the attack on an building that once in the past housed a UN office, lack of complexity, and lack of casualties. Syria's own OKC bombing event. Just as Clinton blamed Rush to cover political bases, Assad can show the US he too is a "victim" and wants to "stamp terrorism out."

The tons of explosives seized in Jordan, presumably from Syria, have not been traced back yet, publicly. If it was supported by Syrian gov. agents, we're talking about regional low level conflict through proxy religious and Ba'athist militias.
10 posted on 04/29/2004 11:50:19 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: katz
Those smiling fist shaking yokels only do that when foreign journalists are present, and sometimes only after said journalists pay them to perform their "defiance dance".
11 posted on 04/29/2004 11:52:55 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Shut the border down.

Right. They probably will do that for Iraq / Syria.

No way fed.gov will shut down the u.S. / mexico border. It's not pee-cee. Might offend the socialists and illegal's. Can't have that.

What utterly traitorous bu!!$&1+

T L I


12 posted on 04/29/2004 11:53:34 PM PDT by TLI (...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
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To: cyborg
Doesn't sound like it if thousands are streaming in to attack.
13 posted on 04/29/2004 11:56:17 PM PDT by katz (Salt Fallujah)
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To: JerseyHighlander
Did you forget Canada?
14 posted on 04/29/2004 11:57:33 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: JerseyHighlander
Pathetic.
15 posted on 04/29/2004 11:58:32 PM PDT by katz (Salt Fallujah)
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To: katz
In reading, I saw one word and went OH I SEE HMMMMM... Syria!
16 posted on 04/29/2004 11:58:35 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: JerseyHighlander
It's time to put serious pressue on Syria. Arm the Kurdish populace in Syria (like the Contras or Northern Alliance), back them with some special forces and even air power until Syria cooperates. Their military makes Saddam's look like the Waffen SS. They're a joke. We should also get Turkey, Jordan and Israel to apply pressure.

I believe the Marines have been a lot more aggressive along the Iraqi-Syrian border the last few weeks.
17 posted on 04/29/2004 11:59:42 PM PDT by DHerion (We need a new Northern alliance in Syria)
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To: cyborg
I was under the impression that the Iraqi borders were sealed.

Perhaps because we want them to come to us so we can kill them?

18 posted on 04/30/2004 12:00:47 AM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: katz
It's late, I can't remember the blog I read, but it was an observation from a freelance photographer in Iraq, who also noted that Arab news organizations have contacts with insurgents, in return for payment the insurgents clue them in on the location of upcoming strikes on US and coalition forces.

19 posted on 04/30/2004 12:02:00 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: McGavin999
Hmmmmmmmm....good point
20 posted on 04/30/2004 12:02:15 AM PDT by cyborg
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