US concerned about spread of insurgent tactics from Iraq to North Africa

North Africans are beginning to show up among insurgents in Iraq, raising US concerns that they will carry home tactics and techniques learned from that conflict, two senior US officials said.

Major General Thomas Csrnko, head of US special operations command in Europe, said analysts were still trying to determine where the North Africans came from and who they were affiliated with.

"The potential does exist for individuals or groups to go to Iraq and either conduct operations or receive some of the training," he said.

"And one of our fears is that if they do get that training and get some of the techniques that are going on Iraq, they could bring that back to Africa," he said.

Iraq, the training ground!

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