Iraq's new security forces are heavily infiltrated by insurgents

[mrbowler]

This was a a good article..would think we are doing what we can about money flows-just wondering if enough troops are available in order to secure border crossings? Also any
records of these 90,000 individuals-start finding as many as possible(well maybe nowhere to put them anyhow).

Insurgents infiltrating Iraq have cash:

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"A significant part of the insurgents' money is coming from sympathizers in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi government is neglecting the problem, said the official, who was authorized by the Pentagon to speak on the issue this week, but only on condition of anonymity.

Money is flowing into Iraq through Syria, the official said."

But Anthony Cordesman, a defense analyst in Washington, said the U.S. government has presented little evidence to support its claims of notable foreign involvement in Iraqi insurgency, be it from Syria, Iran or Saudi Arabia.

"You get a different story from virtually every official," Cordesman said. Any money flowing to terrorist groups from the Arabian peninsula more likely would pass through banks in Europe, making it difficult for Arab governments to track, he said.

"While President Bashar Assad's government has offered support in stopping this, it can do little to halt Syria's Baathists from giving money to their Iraqi counterparts, nor can it prevent corrupt border guards from letting weapons and fighters into Iraq, the official said."

"The defense official described a country where a fearful citizenry doesn't fully accept the concepts of Western law and order and remains unwilling to take their future into their own hands, where police are often corrupt and the security forces are "heavily infiltrated" by insurgents."

"In some cases, members of the Iraqi security services have developed sympathies and contacts with the guerrillas; in other cases, infiltrators were sent to join the groups, the official said."

"Yet a great deal of the country's violence is criminal in nature, the official said, estimating that 80% of violent acts are committed by criminals, not insurgents.

The official blamed much of the criminal violence on 90,000 people Saddam freed from his jails in the last days of his regime. Many of those criminals are available as contract guerillas — performing bombings and kidnappings for insurgents for money.

Of the rest of the violence, 80% is thought to be committed by Iraqis — not foreigners — acting out of nationalistic or Islamic extremist motivations, the official said. "