BAGHDAD - Iraq has in custody 281 foreigners suspected of involvement in insurgent activity, a spokesman for the Iraqi government said on Sunday. âAll of the foreigners currently in custody are involved in charges that are related, one way or another, to terrorism networks,â said spokesman Leith Kubba. âFigures from the former regime, according to intelligence information, are regrouping in a neighbouring country,â Kubba said.âThey have begun funding the spreading of rumours to demoralise Iraqis, damage the image of democracy and thwart the referendum on the constitution.â
Topping the list of detaineesâ nationalities were Egypt (80), followed by Syria (64) and Sudan (41). Kubba said there was also a Briton in the group. He named a total of 14 countries, all of them Arab, except Iran, Turkey and Britain.
| Not as many Saudis as I thought. They must be home arranging the financing. |