[GAsux]

I guess my point is, taking up arms to defend what could be viewed as "their" country is probably to be expected and not strategically very bothersome as it is locally contained.

Taking those tactics elsewhere indicates that we're not just dealing with people who are pissed that the U.S. is "occupying" their country. You don't send suicide bombers to Jordan to get the U.S. out of Iraq.

That to me indicates that the muslim extremist movement or whatever you wish to call it is continuing to find fertile ground, now to include Iraq.

Prior to the Iraq war you didn't see Iraqis involved in global terror.