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| Latest Euro intel on foreign fighters in Iraq |
| 2005-11-24 |
| Excerpted from a much larger post by Evan Kohlmann fisking the press for attempting to "debunk" the issue of foreign fighters in Iraq. My respected colleague in Europe, Jean-Charles Brisard, has weighed in on the issue of foreign fighters in response to my recent posts. I asked JCB for permission to repost some of his comments, which I regard as highly relevant: "You're right to challenge the WP assessment on foreign fighters. According to the latest figures I've obtained from a European intel agency, as of September 2005, 150 European fighters had been located, arrested or killed in Iraq... 90% of the terrorist attacks in Iraq were carried out or led by foreign fighters. Adding to that the fact that the CIA, as quoted in my Zarqawi book, assesses that Iraq is the scene of a major shift from charities and various religious organizations previously identified for their support to terrorist networks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, it's an obvious mistake to downplay the foreign influence and presence in the Iraqi insurgency." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |