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Apr 13th, 2003, 04:23 PM
Iraq swallowed up a chunk of Syria, maybe that's what you mean?
What's interesting is Iraqi exiles rarely admit where they're from. The NY Times ran a recent article on the origins of Arabic transplants to New York, and listed only 1200 from Iraq, while the numbers from Syria, Jordan and Lebanon were ten times that. You'll meet a lot of Christians and Jews that calls themselves Syrians, but very few who consider themselves Iraqis.
If they were Iraqi exiles then wouldn't that mean they were attempting to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam rather then defend the Baathist's from US occupation. The name bares great resemblance to the PLFP and other Palestinian groups... and we know they found training camps associated with Hezzbaloh etc. Seems as if they're acting as paid mercenaries.
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