Insurgents. Freedom Fighters. Rebels. Martyrs.Just some of the words that the media has used to describe what the anti American and Iraqi government forces are. Um, no.
Who are the suicide bombers of Iraq? By the radicals’ account, they are an internationalist brigade of Arabs, with the largest share in the online lists from Saudi Arabia and a significant minority from other countries on Iraq’s borders, such as Syria and Kuwait. The roster of the dead on just one extremist Web site reviewed by The Washington Post runs to nearly 250 names, ranging from a 13-year-old Syrian boy said to have died fighting the Americans in Fallujah to the reigning kung fu champion of Jordan, who sneaked off to wage war by telling his family he was going to a tournament.
Among the dead are students of engineering and English, the son of a Moroccan restaurateur and a smattering of Europeanized Arabs. There are also long lists of names about whom nothing more is recorded than a country of origin and the word "martyr."
So, here we have the "Liberal leaning" Washington Post telling us that there are vast amounts of Arabs going to Iraq to fight. And die. That would make them, oh, terrorists. There have been cases of Iranians, Syrians, Lebenese, Egyptians, and Muslims from many other countries, including as far away as Pakistan and the Phillipines. They are not insurgents. That would denote that they are Iraqi’s. Which they aren’t. One more liberal argument put to bed.
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