Jihadist Arrive From US and Europe To Join Terrorists In Iraq

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As many as 10,000 foreign fighters — a third more than in February — have joined the militias seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Islamic State fighters who have swept across northern Iraq, said a counter-terrorism official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss classified assessments.
As many as 3,000 of them hold European or other Western passports and thus can travel easily across most borders. Several dozen, perhaps as many as 100, hold U.S. passports, and officials say that number is growing.

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More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria
BRIAN BENNETT,
Richard A. Serrano
July 19, 2014, 9:44 p.m.