Eurolefties Fund Iraq Insurgency

[Jack the Ripper]

This is an older story so i hope no one posted it yet:

National Security Watch: Eurolefties fund Iraq insurgency

Who's funding the insurgents in Iraq? The list of suspects is long: ex-Baathists, foreign jihadists, and angry Sunnis, to name a few. Now add to that roster hard-core Euroleftists.

Turns out that far-left groups in western Europe are carrying on a campaign dubbed Ten Euros for the Resistance, offering aid and comfort to the car bombers, kidnappers, and snipers trying to destabilize the fledgling Iraq government. In the words of one Italian website, Iraq Libero (Free Iraq), the funds are meant for those fighting the occupanti imperialisti. The groups are an odd collection, made up largely of Marxists and Maoists, sprinkled with an array of Arab emigres and aging, old-school fascists, according to Lorenzo Vidino, an analyst on European terrorism based at The Investigative Project in Washington, D.C. "It's the old anticapitalist, anti-U.S., anti-Israel crowd," says Vidino, who has been to their gatherings, where he saw activists from Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Italy. "The glue that binds them together is anti-Americanism." The groups are working on an October conference to further support "the Iraqi Resistance." A key goal is to expand backing for the insurgents from the fringe left to the broader antiwar and antiglobalization movements.

One conference sponsor, Campo Antiimperialista (the Anti-Imperialist Camp), credits the 10-euro campaign for buying 2 tons of medicine for Al Anbar province, a hotbed of resistance, to be distributed "completely independent from both the occupiers as well as their local puppets."

But some funds may be buying more deadly stuff; one leader boasted to Vidino that the campaign will send "everything it takes" for the resistance to win, including weaponry. Neither Iraq Libero nor Campo Antiimperialista responded to questions from U.S. News about where their funds end up. The groups' impact, though, may ultimately be limited. "They have a pretty big following, but we're not talking about big money," says Vidino. At one conference, he notes, many militants looked so ragged he doubted they even had 10 euros in their pockets.

Doesn't surprise me...

 

[eyrei]

Link please?

 

[Jawz II]

you know, once i saw a report on one of the american news channels saying us forces had found a car bomb making factory

a "factory"...!
in reality it was a garage with some cars, tools and some old artillery shells

the whole point of guerilla warfare is that the guerillas most important asset is the support of the population

of course they can use the money, but i doubt whatever money those people get together will make it to the insurgents, or that it will make a noteworthy diffrence

 

[Jack the Ripper]

Link please?

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050623/23euroleft.htm

I've never been to this site before so i dont know how much to trust the story

 

[Rik Meleet]

All links in a google search get back to the same story (which looks to me designed to be a troll) and have a link to a "forbidden website". It could be true, however. But I'd be surprised if more than a handful are donating money. Perhaps there are even more Americans in the US helping the resistance.

"Eurolefties" (which seem to include fascists ) is a phrase I have a problem with. That is specifically chosen for trolling and creation of hate.

 

[eyrei]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050623/23euroleft.htm

I've never been to this site before so i dont know how much to trust the story

The source of your source is some 'intellectual' in some 'project' in DC, and a couple of websites showing that there are a few wackos who happen to be living in Europe who want to blow up the USA. Honestly, nothing to really take note of...there are wackos everywhere, and if you need to blow something up to prove yourself, the US is a pretty popular target...

To put it in further perspective, there are a few wackos in the US that want to blow up Europe.

 

[nonconformist]

The term Eurolefties" leads me to be very sceptical about this. Not to mention I've never heard of this before.

 

[Jack the Ripper]

There are intellectuals in DC? I thought over 90% voted Kerry...

 

[ainwood]

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