On Jan 23, 12:24=EF=BF=BDam, Ernst Blofeld <blofel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The background on suicide bombers in Iraq:
>
> http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/20/AR200...
>
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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.
> ....
> 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.
Notice, too, that those who insisted that the terrorists were
'homegrown' and engaging in 'civil' war are notably silent.
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