U.S. Officers in Iraq Find Few Signs of Infiltration by Foreign Fighters

[kskiska]

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 18 — The commanding general of the United States Army division that patrols much of Iraq's eastern borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that his men had encountered only a handful of foreign fighters trying to sneak into the country to attack American and allied forces.

"I want to underscore that most of the attacks on our forces are by former regime loyalists and other Iraqis, not foreign forces," said the officer, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.

His view was echoed by Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, which controls northern Iraq and parts of its borders with Syria, Turkey and Iran.

During a briefing on Monday for a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, he said that since May, his men had captured perhaps 20 foreign fighters trying to slip into the country from those three countries.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/19/international/middleeast/19IRAQ.html?hp

[kalian]

1. Kinda contradicts what the neocons would have us believe....

...no?
They are Iraqis fighting to liberate their country of occupiers...
Yes, their dictator is gone...but now they have INVADERS on their
turf...
Geee, what would we do if somebody came by to liberate us from
shrub and co...but then overstayed their welcome...?

[yellowcanine]

2. What is one more lie?

This isn't even news anymore. It is news when the Bushbots tell the truth, not when they lie.