Speak of the devil.
Unnamed Sources Expect Iraq To Attract Arab Fighters
from Chechnya, Kashmir
Beirut Al-Diyar (Internet Version-WWW) in Arabic 03
Jul 04
[Report from Paris by Al-Diyar correspondent Badra
Bakhus al-Faghali: "Western sources expect Iraq to
turn into a center for fundamentalists from Chechnya
and Kashmir."]
Western diplomatic sources expect Iraq to turn
into a center attracting fundamentalists, especially
Arab fighters from Chechnya and Kashmir, who suffer
military pressures imposed on them in these regions.
The same sources estimate the total number of Arab
and foreign fighters who are affiliated with
international fundamentalist organizations in Iraq at
1,000. These fighters came to Iraq to fight against US
forces and to receive training on carrying out
military operations before they return to their home
countries.
Half the number of these foreign fighters are
Saudi nationals. However, most of the Saudis are now
looking for ways to return to Saudi Arabia to
reinforce fundamentalist cells in the kingdom after
they received training in Iraqi camps.
US forces are currently holding in Iraqi prisons
some 500 men, mostly Kuwaitis, Saudis, Syrians,
Lebanese, Egyptians, Jordanians, Yemenis, Algerians,
Moroccans, and Afghans.
After assuming its sovereign responsibilities, the
Iraqi Government prepares to introduce entry visas for
foreigners, to be issued by Iraqi embassies abroad.
Its aim is to impose a better security control over
the movement of passengers and goods to ensure that
terrorist elements, weapons, and explosives will not
enter Iraqi territories.
This measure is also aimed at limiting the entry
of journalists and businessmen from Western countries
because there are no guarantees for their safety, as
well as the entry of citizens of neighboring
countries, which adopt policies that do not contribute
to imposing peace in the country. The only exemption
will be granted to military personnel of the United
States and coalition countries, which have forces
deployed in Iraq.
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