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People, this is a mini-series
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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
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.
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Holdovers from the former regime are more likely to be motivated for secular reasons, and I find it hard to believe that they're coordinating with the religiously-motivated types coming from abroad. If they are, it's really bad news.
In any event, I think the insurgents have a disturbing degree of popular support in the Sunni areas of the country.
And I hope you're right about Iran. But Hersh's piece about the way we ditched the cooperation we were getting from Syria makes me dubious.
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