Posted on 06/08/2005 7:42:40 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
June 7, 2005 -- ACCORDING to the SITE Institute, a respected counter-terrorism organization, only 9 percent of suicide bombings sponsored in Iraq by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are conducted by native Iraqis.
Analyzing data from a "martyrs" list posted on a Zarqawi Web site, SITE found that 42 percent of the killers hailed from Saudi Arabia, 12 percent from Syria, 11 percent from Kuwait, with the rest from an assortment of Asian and European nations.
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lachlan
There was an article posted a few days ago that stated some bombers were from Paris.
That's quite an interesting statistic!
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Read it and weep. No, I hope you had a very good day, truly.
LOL. I don't know what the heck this has to do with anything -- you'll never hear me stand up and speak out on behalf of these guys!
Nobody from 9-11 was from Iraq. some have said all along, that we should invade Saudi Arabia.
Makes you wonder where the new Ho Chi Min Trail is being established.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iran and every other two-bit rabid imam run mosque.
But wait... how can a force made up of 91% forigners be considered an 'insurgency'? /rhetorical
To paraphrase Lewis Carroll, a word means what the MSM wants it to mean, at the moment they use it.
My God!
91% are not even Iraqis.
Iraq is becoming a terrorist haven, much like Afghanistan before we kicked the Talibans @sses. Time to kick some @sses in Iraq too, I guess.
These are some very skilled suicide bombers, indeed. They don't get killed by their own bombs and they still manage to evade capture after blowing themselves up.
Funny no one is talking about this story:
General: Forced suicide bombings may mean slipping support
The Associated Press - FORT STEWART, Ga.
Iraqi insurgents appear to be forcing some followers to commit suicide car bombings by tying or binding them inside explosive-carrying vehicles, the commanding general of allied security forces in Baghdad said Wednesday.
"In one case, Iraqi police found pieces of a car after it exploded which included an accelerator pedal that had the suicide bomber's foot still taped to it, so that you can't chicken out and leave," Maj. Gen. William G. Webster told reporters in a video conference from Baghdad.
Webster, commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division and the 30,000-troop task force securing the Iraqi capital, said several reports of bound attackers could indicate slipping support for the insurgency.
"We think it means the insurgents had less support and less ability to conduct these operations," said Webster, whose 3rd Infantry troops deployed from Fort Stewart in January. "But we're not willing to hang our hats on it or declare victory any time soon."
Attacks using multiple car bombs intensified in Iraq after the country's new Shiite-led government was announced April 28. Webster said attacks in Baghdad have declined since U.S. troops and Iraqi forces launched Operation Lightning last month.
The counterinsurgency campaign has allowed allied forces to seize control of all entrances to Baghdad and has resulted in nearly 900 arrests, which Webster said includes many would-be suicide bombers.
Webster said he has received "five or more" reports since April of car bombers being seen bound inside their vehicles, as if forced into suicide, though physical evidence is often destroyed in the explosions.
"We've found some people who were literally tied or taped to the steering wheel, reported by Iraqis who saw them just before detonation with their hands tied to the steering wheel," he said.
While he anticipates more spikes in violence, Webster said insurgents are "not capable of sustaining it for very long." Still, his forces are already planning "extraordinary security" for three high-profile events.
A nationwide vote on an Iraqi constitution is planned for October, with another round of national elections following in December. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government says it wants to begin the trial of Saddam Hussein, the former dictator now imprisoned in Baghdad, within the next two months.
Webster said his troops will be gathering intelligence and conducting focused raids to stop anyone "who will want to free Saddam, or in some cases folks who may want to kill Saddam before the trial takes place."
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=61567
Thanks for posting this. A few months ago, I mentioned in a political class discussion that most Iraqi "insurgents" are actually foreign terrorists. When challenged by my liberal professor to back the statement up, I was unable to figure out where I'd originally heard the assertion.
I just e-mailed this article to him, if for no other reason than to prove that it's not just right-wing nuts saying this.
But I've been told that Saudis are to lazy to do anything themselves.
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