[Kolokotronis]

“...we have seen an influx of new Western recruits into the tribal areas since mid-2006, “ Mr. McConnell said.”

The irony of this, of course, is that the main source of “Western” recruits are Mohammedan Slavs from Bosnia Herzegovina and Albanians from Kosovo who are the Bush Administration’s very best friends after the Saudis.

[expatguy]

There is a fair number of Australians and Western Europeans, typically they transit right here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia getting the cheap tickets on to Pakistan from a few travel agents over on Jalan Raja Laut.

From the Uzbeks and Slavs that I have seen, they seem to be much more interested in modernity and money than going to jihad.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia