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Al-Qaeda vetting recruits for Iraq
 Al Qaida was said to have rejected hundreds of Arab recruits to fight the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Islamic sources said Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi has rejected a large contingent of Arab nationals for recruitment in the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. The sources said Al Zarqawi ordered that none of the Arabs recruited over the last few months join either his group or the allied Ansar Al Sunna. "The feeling was that these Arabs were sent by the United States or Britain to infiltrate Al Zarqawi's organization," an Islamic source said.The sources said many of the Arabs rejected by Al Zarqawi were Algerian nationals who volunteered for service in Europe. They said U.S. intelligence had penetrated Algerian factions and sent agents to join Al Qaida in Iraq. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-12-05 |
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