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Sonart, estimates of the size of the insurgency range, one figure provided by some Iraqi intelligence authority suggested there could be up to 250 thousand, but in that figure the majority would be family and relatives, members of an active insurgent's originating community who provide him with support. That "support" would include things like a place to sleep when visiting, food, transportation (the sort of things family and friends do for one). To conclude these are people actively in support of the insurgency is stretching the concept. There aren't a quarter million people in Iraq who are active in or supporting the insurgency.

The Dalai Lama's wise perspective contradict many in the critical left suggesting terrorism has to do with US foreign policy. If "jealousy and frustration" result from how developed the west seems on TV then maybe by ordering media depict the west as poor and deprived could help. Envy is a personal problem those suffering from it must solve. Sane people address jealousy and envy by working to achieve more, terrorists by trying to destroy what they don't have.