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| | Ansar al-Islam: Back in Iraq - Middle East Quarterly |
 | | The group appears to be comprised of the various Islamist factions that splintered from the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (IMK) in northern Iraq. |
 | | During the fighting, PUK forces also took eight fighters into custody, including Jordanians, Syrians, Tunisians, and one Palestinian who stated that he came to Iraq to "kill Americans." Interestingly, many captured Arab fighters held passports with Iraqi visas, signaling that Iraq likely approved their presence. |
 | | After rummaging through the debris, coalition officials found a multitude of intelligence leads, including a list of suspected militants living in the United States, the phone number of a Kuwaiti cleric, and a letter from Yemen's minister of religion. |
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