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I always knew ole Jerseygirl had a warrior instinct, but I didnt know she pretty good at ops planning..good job jersey! Its a dark skill, but it comes in handy from time to time.

I've been doing some reading lately, and a lot of travel. I've noticed indicators similar to what Exsoldier said in his post.

I think both of you guys are pretty much dead on target, but I have noticed one thing that stands out.

Al Qaeda is apparently having problems recruiting American muslims, and they have to import their own to insure quality control of their operations.

This by no means rules out gang involvement. Instead it addresses the command and control of the individual rank and file terrorists.

This by no means rules out gang involvement. Instead it addresses the command and control of the individual rank and file terrorists.

Agreed. Although I suspect gang contacts are garnered through the same conduit used to smuggle operatives across the Mexican border. IOW, the coyotes would have the gang contacts, because when they're not smuggling people they're smuggling drugs. They would need points of contact that have distributors and street dealers. The logical choice is the gangs.

Al Qaeda is apparently having problems recruiting American muslims, and they have to import their own to insure quality control of their operations.

Sure is hard to find good help these days. I suspect that American muslims, although they may or may not individually support Jihad, there is one thing that is hard to overcome....in this country. It doesn't matter if you're native born or immigrant, if you've been here long enough to become Americanized you have gained an element into your very being that will make it very difficult to commit that atrocity of the combination homicide and suicide. Our lifestyle is not so harsh so as to engender the mental scarring necessary to support this. I suspect that the American muslim community will cheer from the sidelines (as long as they're not personally affected) but they lack the darkness of the soul necessary to commit themselves to such operations. Oh sure, there are always the lone "gunmen" whackos available to commit atrocious acts, but they will have their own set of motivators and it is but a remote chance that they will relate to Jihad in a pure sense.