A Look Inside al-Qaeda In Iraq

According to this Washington Post article, documents found in northern Iraq are providing some unique insights into the foreign insurgents in Iraq (that is, al-Qaeda in Iraq).  From the description in the article, at least some of the documents appear to be job applications. Here are a few things from the article that I found particularly interesting:  

• Based on the Sinjar records, U.S. military officials in Iraq said they now think that nine out of 10 suicide bombers have been foreigners...
  
• ...they assess that 90 percent of foreign fighters entering Iraq during the one-year period ending in August came via Syria...
• The extent of al-Qaeda in Iraq's ties to the wider al-Qaeda network has long been a subject of debate within the U.S. intelligence community and military. Although its membership is overwhelmingly Iraqi, it has been led by foreigners with direct ties to al-Qaeda central...