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Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT
too bad 'al-qaida' doesnt exist.
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US has spent millions of dollars on propaganda to amplify the role of al qaeda in iraq when majority of the resistance comes from iraqis themselves. The recent calm may be due to negotiations with the local insurgency.
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Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi
Washington Post 2006
It is difficult to determine how much has been spent on the Zarqawi campaign, which began two years ago and is believed to be ongoing. U.S. propaganda efforts in Iraq in 2004 cost $24 million...
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The 'myth' of Iraq's foreign fighters
Report by US think tank says only '4 to 10' percent of insurgents are foreigners.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
The US and Iraqi governments have vastly overstated the number of foreign fighters in Iraq, and most of them don't come from Saudi Arabia, according to a new report from the Washington-based Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS). According to a piece in The Guardian, this means the US and Iraq " feed the myth" that foreign fighters are the backbone of the insurgency. While the foreign fighters may stoke the insurgency flames, they make up only about 4 to 10 percent of the estimated 30,000 insurgents.