What Is A Foreign Fighter?

In Nigeria, Somalia, And Afghanistan: What Is A Foreign Fighter? -- Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor

In countries where colonial borders don't reflect ethnic or family ties, it's not as easy to decide who is a foreigner. Yet Nigeria has deported 11,000 foreigners in the past six months on suspicion of Islamist sympathies.

As yet another suicide blast strikes yet another church in northern Nigeria, immigration officials have announced that they are cracking down on the flow of foreigners into northern Nigeria who may be adding to the growing numbers of the shadowy Islamist militia Boko Haram.

Nigerian immigration officials say they have expelled nearly 11,000 foreigners in the past six months alone, the vast majority of them from Chad and Niger.

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My Comment: Throughout history foreign fighters have never been welcomed in another country, and invaders even less. But it is a different story with Al Qaeda .... and the probable reason is it`s connection to religion. If Islam was not the banner for Al Qaeda, I would very much doubt that they would then be welcomed with open arms in places like Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Somalia.