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To: MinorityRepublican
From a West Point study of jihadists in Iraq:

A breakout of the hometowns of Libyan jihadists who showed up in Iraq:

Note that the 84% of the jihadists came from Darnah and Benghazi, both rebel strongholds that were (as pointed out in the West Point study) previously the scene of Islamist uprisings in the mid-1990's.

4 posted on 03/31/2011 8:14:18 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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To: Zhang Fei
From a West Point study of jihadists in Iraq

Another study counts few from Libya.

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Both studies contain small sample sizes, and do not conclusively represent the thousands if not tens of thousands of foreign fighters in Iraq.

15 posted on 03/31/2011 8:39:48 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Zhang Fei
Here's a third report.

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I don't see Libya listed.

17 posted on 03/31/2011 8:47:29 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Zhang Fei
Another study on foreign fighters in Iraq....

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26 posted on 03/31/2011 8:59:55 PM PDT by FreeReign
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