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Saudis now fighting in Anbar?

I see this report that four Saudi citizens were killed fighting government forces in Anbar province. I remember lots of articles about Saudi support for Sunni insurgents, but I can’t remember Saudi citizens being killed before. As for Iraq, I asked Joel Wing what up, and he responded that there is a new wave of ...

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
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I see this report that four Saudi citizens were killed fighting government forces in Anbar province. I remember lots of articles about Saudi support for Sunni insurgents, but I can't remember Saudi citizens being killed before.

I see this report that four Saudi citizens were killed fighting government forces in Anbar province. I remember lots of articles about Saudi support for Sunni insurgents, but I can’t remember Saudi citizens being killed before.

As for Iraq, I asked Joel Wing what up, and he responded that there is a new wave of foreign fighters there.

I can’t imagine what it must be like to be a Sahwa leader living in Samarra nowadays. Their numbers are decreasing.

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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