Monday, November 14, 2005

MISJUDGING THE JIHAD / Like their leader, bin Laden's lieutenants are well educated, well traveled and well heeled

/ San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov 2005http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/13/INGMJFL02J1.DTL
John Arquilla
"Beyond al Qaeda's own cells and nodes, which are distributed across about 60 countries today, its various affiliated groups show an interesting mix of urbane, educated operatives who sometimes join forces with the thugs and the urban poor of the Muslim world. Many of them inhabit developed countries, like Britain, home of the Tube and bus attackers of July 2005. "