[Pak Daily Times] Intelligence officials say imported muscle have been slipping back into Iraq in larger numbers recently and may have been behind some of the most devastating attacks this year, reviving a threat the US military believed had been almost entirely eradicated.
| Does this mean we ought not leave just yet? |
It is impossible to verify the actual numbers of foreign forces of Evil entering the country. But a Middle Eastern intelligence official
| What on earth is a "Middle Eastern intelligence official?" |
estimated recently that 250 came in October alone. US officials say the figure is far lower, but have acknowledged an increase since August.
At the same time, Iraqi officials say there has been a surge in financial aid to al Qaeda's front group in Iraq as the US military prepares to leave by the end of 2011. They said it reflects fears by Arab states over the growing influence of Iran's Shia-led government over Iraq and its Shia-dominated government.
| Wouldn't it be more effective for the Arab states then to make donations to the Iraqi government? That way they would increase Sunni influence over the government, surely. |
On Sunday, security official Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said Iraqi forces are searching for six imported muscle who are among Iraq's most wanted terrorists. The six are suspected of involvement in the October 31 siege of a Christian church that left 68 people dead and drew international outrage, al-Moussawi said. They are also suspected in two summertime attacks on an Iraqi army headquarters in central Storied Baghdad that killed a total of 73 people. "All who committed these attacks are (non-Iraqi) Arabs," he said.
| That leaves out the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, then. |
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