al Qaeda “Rolodex” Found in Raid Near Syrian Border

By Duane Lester • Nov 23rd, 2007 • 463 Views

Who would have thought that so many foreign fighters would have come from the main exporter of Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia? They are our friend, right? Right.

As many as 60 percent of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq in the past year have come from Saudi Arabia and Libya, according to documents discovered in a raid in September near the Syrian border, a senior U.S. military official in Baghdad confirmed to CNN Thursday.

The documents confiscated in that raid listed the identities of more than 700 foreign fighters in Iraq, whom the United States believes entered that country since August 2006. The official describes the documents as “an al Qaeda rolodex.”

Scrutinized along with other intelligence in the hands of the U.S. military, the documents show that 60 percent of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq during that time frame came either from Saudi Arabia or Libya, the official said.

The United States believes 305 foreign fighters came from Saudi Arabia, and 137 came from Libya.

Hat Tip: Jihad Watch
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