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...have discovered the same phenomenon in their Muslim communities. Yet the term homegrown can be dangerously misleading. This much we know: that Mohammed Sidique Khan, the alleged leader of the London bombers, and Shehzad Tanweer, one of his accomplices, had visited Pakistan, where it is believed they met with extremist groups. Khan may also have been in contact with jihadist extremists in the U.S. The al-Qaeda network [an error occurred while processing this directive] of networks is a transnational phenomenon, facilitated by the Internet, easy international travel and relaxed border controls, and held together by shared ideology. Its flexibility...
...never dismiss the grand schemes of small men, even if those men are Americans and their schemes are more dream than reality. "Radicalization often starts with individuals who are frustrated with their lives, with the politics of their home governments," said Mueller. "And as talk moves to action, an extremist can become a terrorist." Says Ron Suskind, author of The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11: "You find a reversal of the general posit that it is sufficient that 100 guilty men go free so that one innocent man is not convicted...
...ethnic and religious hatreds that are imploding Iraq. They stop shooting long enough to attend each other's marriages, and it's not uncommon for families to have men belonging to rival militias. In one Gaza family, three brothers belong to Fatah, one to Hamas and another to the extremist Islamic Jihad. Says one brother Shahaaf, from Abbas's presidential guard. "This civil war stuff is an exaggeration. Even as a Fatah member, I know that there are corrupt leaders in our party who must be removed. That...
...indispensability to a predominantly homegrown insurgency, al-Zarqawi himself was a master of self-promotion. The high school dropout learned to use the Internet to burnish his image, recruit fighters and propagate his dream of perpetual jihad against infidels everywhere. It was his name that filled collection boxes in extremist mosques across the Islamic world. The National Counterterrorism Center believes that militants linked to al-Zarqawi may be operating in as many as 40 countries. In Iraq his dark charisma turned him into a figure of myth and legend. A top commander of al-Nasser Salaheddin, an insurgent group, told...
...accusing Canadian soldiers of going to Afghanistan to rape Muslim women. Khan says he defended the Canadian military, and many of the people gathered were also offended by Jamal?s comments But his story raises questions about the ways in which young Canadians could be influenced by those with extremist views. Notes Khan: "Every Canadian has to be concerned about it." And every Canadian citizen is wondering...