[FreeReign]

It seems to me that you can believe all kinds of secondary sources, including the CSIS, the relentlessly Obama-loving MSNBC and the border-line communist Guardian, or you can believe the people who are having to face the jihadis day-in and day-out, our GI's.

The LA Times numbers come from the U.S. Military. It seems to me you will believe what you want.

Myself, I see that the various reports only show a small fraction of the total number of foreign fighters in Iraq and I cannot come to the same conclusion that you do.

[Zhang Fei]

The LA Times numbers come from the U.S. Military. It seems to me you will believe what you want.

The LA Times says it got the numbers from the US military. I don't see a source document. The West Point data comes from Special Operations Command and the report can be read in its entirety at the West Point website.