Salem Aneizan, another Bedouin leader, said he had also heard the militants were training Jihadis in the North.

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His proposal to Mr Blair that European countries should share intelligence on jihadis who have attended training camps in Afghanistan and elsewhere was one he had long advocated.

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Even Syria, which has long been accused of turning a blind eye to the infiltration of jihadis from its territory, has promised to seal its borders better, and perhaps even to expand the capacity of pipelines taking Iraqi oil to its Mediterranean ports.

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Dean's excellent CNN.com column tries to clarify some of the bigoted myths by making the point that American Muslims might hate jihadis even more than typical Americans do because the murderers claim to represent their faith and cause a massive backlash against this growing American community.

CNN: Do Muslims really hate terrorism?

This report, based on close analysis of the insurgents' own discourse, reveals relatively few groups, less divided between nationalists and foreign jihadis than assumed, whose strategy and tactics have evolved (in response to U.S. actions and to maximise acceptance by Sunni Arabs), and whose confidence in defeating the occupation is rising.

NPR: Report: Iraqi Insurgency Gaining Confidence

General Musharraf may not have a coalition to worry about, but he certainly has two powerful and in practice not entirely distinct groups to keep on the right side of: his own fellow-officers, and the jihadis, who even before they heard of the collapse of the summit were threatening a return to war.

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