(US official:) Suicide bombers ‘entering Iraq from Syria’ (also Saudi Arabia and Sudan)

[sabra]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/83bd20d8-b088-11db-8a62-0000779e2340.html

Suicide bombers ‘entering Iraq from Syria’

Dozens of al-Qaeda suicide bombers from countries such as Saudi Arabia and Sudan are crossing into Iraq from Syria every month, a senior US official said on Tuesday.

Speaking to the Financial Times in London, the official said that, while sectarian conflict now represented the biggest threat to the country, the violence was being stoked up from abroad.

“This is the most difficult challenge,” he said. “How do you bring down sectarian violence in the face of this al-Qaeda campaign to prompt sectarian violence?”

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He said that 75-80 per cent of the estimated 75 suicide bombings a month were carried out by foreigners, and that Saudi Arabia and Sudan were the most common countries of origin. But he emphasised that the Saudi government was doing its utmost to take on al-Qaeda.

“We have been wholly unsuccessful in affecting Syrian behaviour with regard to the passage of these elements,” the official said, adding that the countries of the region wanted to isolate Syria further.

[htuttle]

1. These would be the Sunni 'enemies' allied with our Sunni 'allies', right?

As opposed to our Shiite 'allies' allied with our Shiite 'enemies'?

:crazy:

[caledesi]

10. HT..yes. Randi Rhodes said that SA told Cheney that if the

sectarian violence continues in Iraq, they are concerned that the people in SA will try to overthrow the monarchy (dictatorship). To stop this, SA said that the Sunni population will fight the Shites in Iraq. It is all coming to fruition.

* has opened the gates of hell. Can we say regional war?

[Lerkfish]

2. so, aren't WE in charge of securing their borders?

:shrug:

[SutaUvaca]

3. Program! Git yer programs here!

Can't tell the players without a program!

But seriously, I reckon * don't want Syrian to forget that they're next, right after we finish our cakewalk in Iran.

[bemildred]

4. Again notice the complete lack of attribution to anyone in particular.

Completely unchecked and uncheckable.

[Hissyspit]

5. So many countries to bomb and invade. Where will we find the time to get it all done?

:sarcasm:

[GeorgeGist]

6. This appears to be...

anonymous propaganda.

[sabra]

8. Over the past couple of weeks that has been the trend re: Iraq and "foreigners meddling"

[Roland99]

7. Ah, the ol' "Al Qaeda" catch-all again.

:eyes:

[caledesi]

11. Gulf of Tonkin redux. Notice how the article injected Iran....nt

[Roland99]

13. Oh, they're pounding the pavement that Iran was behind the Karbala raid. Even got Maliki in on it!!

:eyes: :eyes:

[Bigmack]

9. Why aren't the suicide bombers coming here..?

I certainly don't want such a thing, but what's to keep the crazoids from suicide bombing practically anywhere in this country?

Our borders are so loose you could smuggle enough explosives in one shipment to blow up Cleveland... even if you couldn't steal it here. And people....? Shit, you could smuggle battalions of dummies to dress up in Cemtex longjohns.

Why haven't they done it? Americans are so paranoid that a couple of suicide bombers could bring the whole country to a standstill.

[rocktivity]

12. So Iran, Syria and Sudan are in on it, too!

All countries Bush wants to attack, but that's just a coincidence, I'm sure.

:eyes:
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