The background on suicide bombers in Iraq:
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/20/AR2008012002609_pf.html
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Their stories are among the individual records of 606 foreign fighters
who entered Iraq between August 2006 and August 2007. The cache of
do***ents was discovered last fall by U.S. forces in the northern
Iraqi town of Sinjar.
Some include pictures -- bearded men in a turban or kaffiyeh, some
smiling and some scowling -- in addition to names and aliases, home
countries, birthdays and dates of entry into Iraq. Many list their
occupations at home, whether plumber, laborer, policeman, lawyer,
soldier or teacher. There is a "massage specialist," a "weapons
merchant," a few "unemployed" and many students.
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Based on the Sinjar records, U.S. military officials in Iraq said they
now think that nine out of 10 suicide bombers have been foreigners,
compared with earlier estimates of 75 percent.
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Notice that poverty doesn't seem to be a big factor.
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