Around 60% of all foreign militants who entered Iraq to fight over the past year came from Saudi Arabia and Libya, according to files seized by American forces at a desert camp.
The files listed the nationalities and biographical details of more than 700 fighters who crossed into Iraq from August last year, around half of whom came to the country to be suicide bombers, the New York Times reported today.

In all, 305, or 41%, of the fighters listed were from Saudi Arabia. Another 137, or 18%, came from Libya. Both countries are officially US allies in anti-terrorism efforts.

In contrast, 56 Syrians were listed and no Lebanese. Previously, US officials estimated that around a fifth of all foreign fighters in Iraq came from these two countries.

US officials have also long complained about Iranian interference in the affairs of its neighbour, accusing Tehran of shipping weapons for militants over the border. However, any assistance does not appear to extend to people, the paper said, reporting that, of around 25,000 suspected militants in US custody in Iraq, 11 were Iranian. No Iranians were listed among the fighters whose details were found.

The information came from files and computers seized in September when US forces raided a camp in the desert near Sinjar, a small town in north-west Iraq, close to the Syrian border. It was believed the camp was the base for an insurgent cell responsible for smuggling the vast majority of foreign fighters into Iraq.

The files also gave details of 68 Yemeni nationals, the third-biggest source. There were 64 fighters from Algeria, 50 from Morocco, 38 from Tunisia, 14 from Jordan, six from Turkey and two each from Egypt and France.

According to the newspaper, US officials believe the raid stemmed the flow of foreign militants into Iraq, which dropped to around 40 in October, down from a peak of more than 100 a month in the first half of this year.

Last month there were 16 suicide bombings in Iraq, sharply down from a peak of 59 in March. According to the report, the US military believes 90% of such attacks are carried out by foreigners.

However, US officers fear this effect may be temporary. "We cut the head off, but the tail is still left," a senior military official told the newspaper. "Regeneration is completely within the realm of possibility."
Iraq's foreign militants 'come from US allies' | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited

Don't know where you're going with this...:

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Uh. Yeah.
So let's go after Iran for their alleged support of Iraqi insurgents...

What happened to the "If you're not for us..." mentality?

As far as we know, the Saudi Arabians that show up are not doing so under the orders of the government...They are doing so of their own valition (riled up by mullahs and clerics, no doubt)...

Imagine if some whacked out minister from Ottawa thought the Westboro Baptist members were so bad for Christianity that they need to be annihilated...They hold a meeting, recruit a few members, and send them down to Kansas and they wipe the WBC members out...

Would you blame Canada?...Nope...

Also, unlike Iran, there have been no military weapons caches found from Saudi Arabia that can be traced back to the government (that I know of)...This has happened multiple times with Iran...

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