Saudi Arabia, Libya are US’s major foreign allies in war against terror in Iraq

Among the US allies in the fight against terror in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Libya emerged as the two nations with the highest number of soldiers who came to Iraq to help the American soldiers extinguish terror attacks in the area. Around 60 percent from the total population of foreign fighters came from these two countries who aided their US counterparts in bombing and attacking Iraqi bases. Data were gathered from the available documents and recorded photos in September by senior American military officials as soldiers raided a camp in Sinjar desert near the Syrian border. Documents discovered were a collection of biographical sketches containing addresses, personal information and other pertinent details of almost a thousand foreign war fighters sent out in Iraq starting in the first half of 2006. Insurgents were identified as both Iraqi nationals and Sunnis. The number of foreign soldiers being sent out in Iraq was estimated at 80 to 100 per month since January this year. But this decreased in October by only 40 soldiers caused by the Sinjar raid according to American officials. Saudi solders had the highest number of sent foreign soldiers in Iraq with 305 warriors or 41 percent of the total number of soldiers as add-on to US forces. Meanwhile, Libyans had about 137 soldiers or 18 percent of the total of foreign fighters. Although the data gathered were rough estimates, the US believed that was greater percentage of the Saudis and Libyans participating in quests against terrorism in the world. Herald Tribune