There’s a lot of barely-supported speculation in this piece, along with one all-too-obvious observation.
A suicide bomber who killed three Black Watch soldiers was white, suggesting British troops are being targeted by European terrorists.
The bomber’s face was seen by surviving troops as he drove up to a road block seconds before the blast. His features have allowed Army commanders to rule him out as an Arab.
A senior military source in Iraq said: “The bomber was Caucasian. That means he could be from anywhere between Bosnia to Birmingham. We don’t know any more because there wasn’t much left of him.
“But it confirms our fears that the Black Watch are now up against foreign terrorists.”
After-the-fact eye witness accounts can often be spotty, and distinguishing a Caucasian definitively from an Arab in a moving vehicle which subsequently explodes is highly suspect. That said, the argument that there is no reason to fully believe this story does not correspond to arguing there is no reason to disbelieve this story. It may be true, but the evidence in this article is scant at best.
What is obvious, however, is that the Black Watch is facing foreign terrorists. All of Iraq is. Even if this story holds true, it only shows that another obvious fact so many refuse to face — this is a global war against Islamist terror, and Iraq is currently the predominant battlefield.