You might have noticed that I didn't "quantify" the groups in my post. It wasn't the issue.
The highest number I have seen, in a statement from General Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani, director of Iraq’s new intelligence services, is 40,000 armed insurgents, with non-fighting supporters (mostly in the Sunni Triangle) bringing that up to maybe 200,000. I have no idea on Earth where the number comes from, but that's the maximum I've read anywhere. I have noticed that a lot of news stories have blurred this into "200,000 insurgents."
A serious problem, to be sure. But this is still less than one percent of the population of Iraq, which hardly sounds like the popular movement some people paint it as.
Remember, if the Left had their way, these people would be running ALL of Iraq right now.
Flame » in reply to Gee Tom, are they left handed or right handed?
Doesn't matter. They don't use their left hands for much anyway.