'Only 29 Foreign Fighters' Held in Iraq

[peterh]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3175186

Iraq’s government said today it was holding only 29 foreign fighters at its maximum security prison in Baghdad, throwing into doubt repeated claims by US and Iraqi authorities that foreign insurgents were largely responsible for the violence wracking the country.

The small number of fighters was a fraction of the thousands of detainees currently behind bars.

The 29 men were being held at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.

Iraq’s Human Rights Minister Bakhityar Amin read off 20 of the names at a news conference. Those on the list included four Saudis, four Syrians, four Jordanians, two Yemenites, an Egyptian, a Turk, a Lebanese, a Palestinian, a Moroccan and an Iranian.

While both Iraqi and US officials have for months steadfastly blamed foreign insurgents for creating instability in the country and sabotaging reconstruction efforts, US intelligence officials privately acknowledge that the foreigners are not the crux of the problem.




What….we were lied to again….gee, image that….:eyes:

[underpants]

1. I'd say the number is more like 140,000

Oh you meant THEIR fighters..........never mind.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x667657