http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6182515&cKey=1129965629000BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 300 foreign fighters have been captured in Iraq by U.S.-led troops and Iraqi security forces since April and their nationalities include Israeli, Irish and British, a senior U.S. commander said on Thursday.
Most came from other Arab states, however, Major General Rick Lynch said as the secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, made a long-awaited visit to Baghdad to discuss how fellow Arab countries could help Iraq with its security.
"Terrorists and foreign fighters" were responsible for some of the worst insurgent attacks, such as suicide car bombings, Lynch said. But he said U.S.-led forces had foiled several attacks by arresting or killing many of them in recent months.
He told a news briefing 375 foreign fighters had been captured this year, of whom 310 were detained since the start of April. No comparable figures for the total number of guerrilla suspects captured were available, although some 12,000 are currently held in jail, most of those Iraqis.
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