Saudi fighters in Iraq bring money

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Saudi fighters in Iraq bring money

Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt - Saudi fighters make up only about 1 percent of Iraq's insurgency, but each contributes thousands of dollars to the cause - and they make sure their roles as "martyrs" are known when they carry out suicide attacks, helping draw more recruits, a new report said.

About 30,000 fighters are believed to be involved in the insurgency, approximately 90 percent of them Sunni Arab Iraqis motivated by fear of Shiite domination or anger over lost power, said the report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Of the estimated 3,000 foreign fighters, the largest number - about 20 percent - comes from Algeria, followed by Syria and Yemen with about 18 percent and 17 percent, respectively, said the report issued Monday. About 15 percent come from Sudan, 5 percent from Egypt, and 5 percent from other countries.

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The "main pillar" of the insurgency is not former Saddam loyalists, though they do contribute expertise, the report said. Instead the bulk of fighters are members of Sunni Arab Iraqi tribes. "Although they do not support a return to Saddam Hussein's regime, most are Sunnis wary of a Shiite-led government," it said.

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1. The "main pillar"

The "main pillar" of the insurgency is not former Saddam loyalists, though they do contribute expertise, the report said. Instead the bulk of fighters are members of Sunni Arab Iraqi tribes. "Although they do not support a return to Saddam Hussein's regime, most are Sunnis wary of a Shiite-led government," it said.

Can the Iraqi Sunni be reasoned with? What will it take to accommodate them?

Does anyone have any idea when the UN will finish printing out copies of the draft Constitution?

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2. "They " actually don't have the slightest idea about any of this

This week it's 30,000 last week it was 5,000, what's next week?

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3. They don't really know

Shameful that the military doesn't. I don't understand why Iraqi Sunnis look the other way while these foreign Jihadists attack Iraqi Shittes - their own countrymen.