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  • Al Qaeda spreads its recruiting

    10/10/2004 3:39:07 PM PDT · by Calpernia · 5 replies · 522+ views
    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - washingtontimes.com ^ | October 09, 2004 | By Owais Tohid
    KARACHI, Pakistan — After leaving university, Atta-ur Rehman traded his jeans and T-shirts for a beard and cap and his civil-service aspirations for a martyr's spot in heaven. (excerpted) Rehman's circle call themselves Jundullah (God's Army) and have close ties to al Qaeda. Most are young, educated men, whom Rehman is said to have sent to training camps in Pakistan's remote tribal areas. Rehman doesn't fit the mold of the typical al Qaeda leader. (excerpted)