Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and
Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of
foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi
Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers…
He
said 50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come here as suicide bombers. In the last
six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis…
I recently suggested that Iraq had the potential to turn into what Spain was at the start of the second World War. Not only was Spain torn apart by what amounted to a three way civil war, each side was being assisted my third countries, with arms and troops. This made the war in Spain much more violent than it would have been otherwise, and it will make the war in Iraq more violent than it would otherwise be. When neighbors fight, they are still neighbors, when foreigners fight they do not have that relationship that might lead to moderation in battle.
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