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US Shipping Foreign Fighters to Home Prisons

Rob Quinn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:14 CDT

The US has stepped up efforts to return foreign fighters captured in Iraq and Afghanistan to their homelands, the New York Times reports. More than 200 detainees have been turned over to security services in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries as the military works to empty its controversial secret...

Islamic Militants Now Migrating to Pakistan to Fight

Jason Farago — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:34:45 CDT

Pakistan, rather than Iraq, has become the preferred destination for foreign fighters looking to join Islamic militant organizations, reports the New York Times . Websites are increasingly encouraging migrating Sunni extremists to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where they can join a "winning fight," rather than participate in the waning Iraqi...

Saudis, Libyans Fighting in Iraq

Peter Fearon — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:47:00 CST

Most of the foreign insurgents fighting American troops in Iraq come from two so-called US allies in the war on terrorism—Saudi Arabia and Libya. Evidence was discovered in a September raid on a desert terrorist base that produced a mother lode of intelligence on the identities and hometowns of...