Excellent observations!
I wonder how many they need to infiltrate ( even though thats probably important to their goals) when they can recruit in jails and ghettos and get American born operatives? How does that add to the equation?
Just brainstorming here. I read a while back in one of our posts between thread one and sixteen that Al Qaeda wanted to shift the battlefield to the US mainland.
They could definitely use converts as a force multiplier, ready reserve of replacements, or simply for intelligence purposes.
Excellent point. I think that converts are usually more intense and ummmm in this case willing to be tools of Jihad. The criminals will also see that as always in chaos there is opportunity. However, I don't see the true insurgents allowing these types to have access to any real sensitive info. I also think they'd be used as a kamikaze style distraction for us while something more serious was executed. Cannon fodder if you will.