January 07, 2005

Terrorists Enter Iraq Through Saudi Arabia

- NewsMax

Large numbers of al-Qaida fighters are still crossing freely from Saudi Arabia into Southern Iraq, according to senior military officials in Basra, the Gulf Daily News reports.

The paper says terrorists and weapons continue to flow into the country as it gears up for elections, said Colonel Jouke Spolestra, in charge of security sector reform in the southern Iraqi provinces.

Col. Spolestra, of the Royal Netherlands Navy, said that despite regular military patrols and raids on suspected insurgent strongholds, British-led forces had failed to halt the trafficking in personnel and arms. "People are coming in from Saudi Arabia, that is one cause of concern for us. There is a flow of weapons, illegal immigrants and of course even al-Qaida. We do have patrols, but it is an open border," he told the Gulf Daily News.


The flow of terrorists and weaponry into Iraq consists of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, some backed by governments and Saddam loyalists in those countries. The United States and Iraq have issued strong words to Syria and Iran, however any wording thrown to Saudi Arabia has either been nonexistent or in secret.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

Posted by: Chad at 10:48 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 "The United States and Iraq have issued strong words to Syria and Iran, however any wording thrown to Saudi Arabia has either been nonexistent or in secret." It wont matter once the elections are held and in a few years we are out of there. Iran did it quite efficiently, they just hung all those against them and it didnt matter that the US backed the Shah. Once the situation has gotten this far it is at a point of a slippery hill. Once the election is finished, some quasi pro-western government will try to form a coalition, but will mostly be executed by sunni groups who will have been left out of the election. What will that have solved? In the end the country will go the way of all the other persian gulf states: with dictatorial semi parliaments with a stranglehold on every day life. Bye Saddam, Hello Mini Saddam.

Posted by: Salamander at January 07, 2005 11:25 AM (F26eZ)

2 This is surprising in what way? It's like saying Mexicans are entering the United States through Texas. (I don't mean for this to look prejudiced against Mexicans, and I apologize to anyone who takes it that way. When Mexico is a million times better than Texas and we sneak over that way, you can use us to describe someone who busts the border. Till then I think we can all see which way the traffic is flowing.) Happy Friday, everyone! Have one for peace...

Posted by: rev. rick at January 07, 2005 01:29 PM (TG49H)

3 Old news, nothing new here.

Posted by: greyrooster at January 07, 2005 07:23 PM (ccnRW)

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