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BAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.

A Way to End the Insurgency- Give All Iraqis an Interest in the Country's Vast Oil Resources. Real peace will come to Iraq when its citizens join together to support their central government. This can best be done by giving all Iraqis a real financial interest in their country's oil resources. With such a program in place, citizens will find it in their own interest to support the government and assist in preventing the insurgency. This is far from a new idea as such a citizen benefit has already been established in the State of Alaska. The following proposal by...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraq insurgency is far larger than the 5,000 guerrillas previously thought to be at its core, U.S. military officials say, and it's being led by well-armed Iraqi Sunnis angry at being pushed from power alongside Saddam Hussein. Although U.S. military analysts disagree over the exact size, dozens of regional cells, often led by tribal sheiks and inspired by Sunni Muslim imams, can call upon part-time fighters to boost forces to as high as 20,000 — an estimate reflected in the insurgency's continued strength after U.S. forces killed as many as 4,000 in April alone. And some...