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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
The most dangerous areas for U.S. troops are the Sunni areas, which suggests that the threat is more indigenous than foreign, though no doubt there's some of both.
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Why? Most of the foreigners they've caught there have been from sunni countries (the most recent attempted terrorist they've caught in Iraq was a Yemmeni with a Syrian passport). Most of the terrorist Islamist movements that have been active against the US are Sunni. Al Qaeda is a sunni movement.
The comparable lack of activity v. US assets & allies in Shia regions speaks more to me of interesting back-door cooperation with Iran than a lack of foreign islamist involvement in attacks within Iraq.
