Thursday, June 30, 2005

Most Iraq Suicide Bombs by Foreigners

Guardian reported The vast majority of suicide attackers in Iraq are thought to be foreigners - mostly Saudis and other Gulf Arabs - and the trend has become more pronounced this year with North Africans also streaming in to carry out deadly missions, U.S. and Iraqi officials say. The bombers are recruited from Sunni communities, smuggled into Iraq from Syria after receiving religious indoctrination, and then quickly bundled into cars or strapped with explosive vests and sent to their deaths, the officials told The Associated Press. The young men are not so much fighters as human bombs - a relatively small but deadly component of the Iraqi insurgency.

Gee this is news? I have know that for a long time.

Gateway Pundit blogged This is, oh, so, confusing! Just when I was getting used to the idea that Iraq was a country of anarchists determined to live without water, electricity, government officials, mosques, market places, cars, trucks, dogs, mentally handicapped children, ... The AP is actually claiming that most of the suicide bombers in Iraq are "foreigners". But, how could this be? I thought they were all "insurgents"? That's what you said here, here, here, here,...

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