HOW'S THAT CAUSE CELEBRE WORKING OUT FOR YOU?:

Iraq war draws foreign jihadists, but not in droves: At most, 1 in 10 fighters is from abroad, one study estimates. But will they later 'export' jihad? (Peter Grier, 10/03/06, The Christian Science Monitor)

Foreign fighters make up a relatively small slice of the forces targeting the US military in Iraq. Most insurgents are native Iraqi Sunni Islamists or former members of the old Baath party regime. [...]

"It is not obvious now how many Iraqi jihadists will support the global jihad of bin Laden and how many will focus their efforts on Iraq's fledgling state," says a recent analysis of the evolving terrorist threat by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.