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To: steve harris who wrote (232886)	5/15/2005 3:21:03 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575706

You wouldn't happen to have any collaborating links for your allegations that American troops in Mosul killed eight Iraqis yesterday? Seriously, dude, are you for real? I know the red staters are not as bright but I never thought you were this bad off. "Guerrilla suicide and car bombings have killed more than 400 people in violence that has piled pressure on Iraq's new leaders to deliver on promises of stability. theage.com.au Iraq extends state of emergency Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 07:46 JST BAGHDAD — Iraq on Friday extended its six-month-old state of emergency against a backdrop of ever more violent insurgent attacks that have claimed the lives of more than 400 people since the start of the month. japantoday.com 10 killed in Iraq; more than 400 dead in 2 weeks msnbc.msn.com "The surge in violence, resulting notably from car bomb attacks, has left more than 400 dead since the start of the month and has hobbled efforts by Jaafari's new Shiite-dominated government to seize the political initiative and rally Sunni Arabs to his side. Minority Sunni Arabs, dominant under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, are believed to provide the backbone of the insurgency." dailystar.com.lb

To: steve harris who wrote (232886)	5/15/2005 3:24:33 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575706

The friend of mine enemy is my enemy! ************************************************* Heavy Saudi Involvement** In a paper published in March, Reuven Paz, an Israeli expert on terrorism, analyzed the lists of jihadi dead. He found 154 Arabs killed over the previous six months in Iraq, 61 percent of them from Saudi Arabia, with Syrians, Iraqis and Kuwaitis together accounting for another 25 percent. He also found that 70 percent of the suicide bombers named by the Web sites were Saudi. In three cases, Paz found two brothers who carried out suicide attacks. Many of the bombers were married, well educated and in their late twenties, according to postings. "While incomplete," Paz wrote, the data suggest "the intensive involvement of Saudi volunteers for jihad in Iraq." In a telephone interview, Paz said his list -- assembled from monitoring a dozen Islamic extremist Web forums -- now had more than 200 names. "Many are students or from wealthy families -- the same sociological characteristics as the Sept. 11 hijackers," he said. Saudis Dispute Numbers The apparent predominance of Saudi fighters on the Internet lists has caused an alarmed reaction by Saudi officials, who fear a backlash from the Americans at the same time they are trying to convince the United States that they are working as allies against terrorism. While Saudi officials do not deny that Saudi citizens have taken up arms against the United States in Iraq, they argue that the long lists of Saudi dead could be a disinformation tactic or simply a recruiting tool used to lure Arab youth to Iraq by convincing them of how many others have already won a place in Paradise. "Are there Saudis in Iraq? Yes, we know that. Absolutely. But are there the numbers being bandied about? We really don't believe so," said a Saudi official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the subject. "The Internet sites try to recruit people -- it's the best recruitment tool," said Saudi security analyst Nawaf Obaid. Obaid, who has worked closely with the government, said he found 47 cases of Saudis who were dead or injured reported in the kingdom's newspapers, far lower than Internet totals, and had concluded the overall number of Saudi jihadis in Iraq was in the hundreds. "But young guys, they read [on the Internet] we have thousands of Saudis there and think, 'I have to go, too.' " Evan F. Kohlmann, a researcher who monitors Islamic extremist Web sites, has compiled a list of more than 235 names of Iraqi dead gleaned from the Internet since last summer, with more than 50 percent on his tally from Saudi Arabia as well. In some cases, he found photos or videos of dead foreign fighters posted online. One Kuwaiti policeman who died was featured in a Zarqawi propaganda video called "Winds of Change," while the bloodied corpse of a Turkish al Qaeda disciple, Habib Aktas, was shown on another video celebrating his "martyrdom." Some of the Web postings also include phone numbers so fellow Islamists can call a dead fighter's family and congratulate them. Kohlmann called several of the numbers. "I have lists and lists of foreign fighters, and it's no joke. Their sons went and blew themselves up in Iraq," he said. Zarqawi's group has also regularly posted biographical sketches of its suicide bombers, such as that of Abu Anas Tuhami, said to have died in a suicide attack on Iraq's Election Day in January. Tuhami, a Saudi orphan raised by his grandfather, was unusually saintly, as reported in the February online communique. washingtonpost.com