"Delicate" would be one word

BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to Iraq in the past year to serve as suicide bombers or to facilitate other attacks, according to senior American military officials....

They discussed the raid with the stipulation that they not be named because of the delicate nature of the issue.

(NYTimes)