I don't see an inconsistency in stating that 99.9% of captured are Iraqi, and the Pentagon saying that the enemy is Baathist or Al-Qaeda.
As I understand it, the insurgents are most likely to be coming from the West, which may be the reason our operations in that area have stepped up? I don't see them coming in great numbers from Turkey, or Iran or Saudi Arabia... though some may get through. Jordan and Syria are the most probable launch lines.
Also, so far as I have been able to tell, the enemy are still killing far more of their own people than they are of ours, no matter where they come from... which is another good arguement for continuous training and arming of Iraqi police and military.
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