It would seem to me that they've mainly looked at the foot soldiers and not the leadership. Its those people commanding the foreigners entering Iraq that received the training in Chechnya, Afghanistan and Bosnia. The ones that manage to survive (the foot soldiers) most likely go on to become the leaders in the next area of jihadi conflict.
larry On 7/18/05, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is everyone still sleeping from the weekend or is nothing going on? Anyway - > here's some fodder for discussion: > > --- > > WASHINGTON - New investigations by the Saudi Arabian government and an > Israeli think tank - both of which painstakingly analyzed the backgrounds and > motivations of hundreds of foreigners entering Iraq to fight the United > States - have found that the vast majority of them are not former terrorists > and became radicalized by the war. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165036 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54