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Irak
- Combien de combattants étrangers en Irak ? -
How many foreign fighters in Iraq...
Foreign
detainees are few in Iraq
USA Today 05/07/04
"Suspected foreign fighters account for less than 2% of
the 5,700 captives being held as security threats in Iraq, a
strong indication that Iraqis are largely responsible for the
stubborn insurgency.
Since last August, coalition forces have detained 17,700 people in
Iraq who were considered to be enemy fighters or security risks,
and about 400 were foreign nationals, according to figures
supplied last week by the U.S. military command handling detention
operations in Iraq. Most of those detainees were freed after a
review board found they didn't pose significant threats. About
5,700 remain in custody, 90 of them non-Iraqis.
The numbers represent one of the most precise measurements to date
of the composition of the insurgency and suggest that some Bush
administration officials have overstated the role of foreign holy
warriors, or jihadists, from other Arab states. The figures also
suggest that Iraq isn't as big a magnet for foreign terrorists as
some administration critics have asserted..."
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COUNTERINSURGENCY....
The Washington Monthly 06/07/04
"...the most difficult part of any such operation is to
separate the insurgents from the civilians from whom they draw
strength. This, some top Pentagon officials say, has been one of
the U.S. military's difficulties in Iraq..."
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