Actually I agree as well. The numerical sequence wasn't really meant to go from most likely (or greatest percentage) to most unlikely but just numbers as I thought of them...



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>>2. Numerous splinter terrorist groups with their own agenda
>>3. Terrorists paid for and backed by other states with a political agenda.
>>4. Poor people (from many countries) looking at the only way to make money
>>5. A few unfortunates forced into the situation.
>>6. A few Iraqis with ideals who wish for a completely sovereign independent country
>>7. Religious zealots
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>Also worthed mentioning is that in any normal country #6 should run above 90% , but in Iraq everything got twisted badly so perhaps real stats are yet to be assembled.
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>>>>On average 250 insurgents are killed a day in Iraq by American troops. That does not include any innocent victims in the process. No mention of that is ever released by the defense department and I wonder if it is simply for those same reasons you mention.
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>>>Problem is that when this is done within full scale war perceived by most of local population as occupation, then (as Metin objected) it is kind of dificult to distinguish who is real 'insurgent'.
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>>>I don't believe that all those killed are affiliated to Al-qaeda.