| The U.S. military has obtained evidence of Islamic recruitment in Saudi Arabia for the Sunni insurgency in Iraq as well as for Al Qaida-inspired attacks on Kurdish and Shi’ite communities in that country. U.S. military sources said the arrest of suspected Al Qaida operatives as well as raids of insurgency strongholds have turned up evidence of a significant Saudi presence among the thousands of foreign Muslim volunteers in Iraq. The sources said Al Qaida recruitment for operatives has taken place in most Saudi cities. Many of the Saudis entered Iraq through the northern border of the kingdom where they were provided with new identities, the sources said. Others entered Iraq via Jordan or Syria and were recruited for attacks against both the U.S.-led coalition as well as non-Sunni communities in Iraq. Many of the Saudi insurgents were centered in the Iraqi city of Qusaybah, the sources said. They said the Saudis, many of whom carry forged travel documents, have been joined by Afghans, Egyptians, Iranians, Jordanians, Kuwaitis, Palestinians and Yemenis to participate in the insurgency in Iraq. |