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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (134440)	8/25/2005 9:40:24 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 793928

One of the best places to find this kind of information, basic information on what's happening in Iraq, and, in this case, the relative numbers of insurgents who are Al Q members, is at the Council on Foreign Relations web page. Here is at least one quote: What are the insurgents' goals? They vary, experts say. The large majority of insurgents are Sunni nationalists who want to derail the U.S.-backed, Shiite-dominated transitional government. There are also some groups with "a much more aggressive belief that Iraq should be an Islamist state on Sunni terms," said Anthony Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke chair in strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in a November 2004 interview. The aims of foreign-born jihadis under the sway of Zarqawi are less clear. Some experts say their goal is to make Iraq a foothold in the Arab world from which to export Islamic fundamentalism abroad, much like Sudan was during the 1990s. Others say they have no concrete political objective beyond sowing fear and chaos. --by Lionel Beehner, staff writer, cfr.org cfr.org