[Sun Soldier]

I liked your post (and the previous longer one) but there is a misconception out there:

"The RADICAL FOREIGN TERRORISTS in Iraq ARE the invaders!"

Defining who makes up the terrorist groups in Iraq is and has always been difficult. But the concensus is they're mostly Iraqis... Former Saddam loyalists making up the largest group amongst them. Here's one link:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_insurgency.htm

[MikefromOhio]

Let me clear something up.

The reason the Saddam loyalists are the biggest group is because we have very nearly MASSACRED the foreign terrorists.

Another thing, Neither group singly ever numbered above around 10,000 at any one time. However, the foreign terrorists FLOODED the country from their neighbors, especially Saudi, Syria and Jordan. Certainly we have killed over 100,000 terrorists, and probably more than 10,000 Saddam loyalists.....the problem is I think my estimates are low. I am not as in tune with the day to day garbage that has been going on for the last 9 months since I have been home. But if the trend held, and I think it probably did, then those numbers are very close.

[Allen H]

Well, I base that comment on the recently elected President of Iraq, when he was here in the U.S. recently, and he said very plainly that most of the terrorists they are fighting in Iraq are non-Iraqi's, like zarkoui, mostly syrians, iranians, egyptians, jordanians, saudis, etc. I'm sure there are many radical hussein supporters among the ranks, but just like most of the remaining terrorists in Afghanistan are not Afghani, I think the same might well be true in Iraq. There sure aren't a small number of foreign terrorists involved in the attacks in any rate.