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Face of Jihad Ever More Youthful

Posted Dec 28, 07 3:03 PM CST in World 

(Newser) – They’re young, impressionable, disillusioned, and they’re seeking out al-Qaeda: Muslims as young as 15 are connecting with Islamic extremists over the web and becoming radicalized through jihadist videos and literature, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In Morocco and elsewhere, teenagers reinforce an increasingly decentralized al-Qaeda. They have “no clear links to terrorist groups,” said one anti-terrorism official.

“It makes it that much harder for us to identify them,” the official said. One security specialist said hundreds of sites promote global jihad, while another said of the enlistment process, “Bin Laden doesn't need to send recruiters to North Africa, they just come to him virtually.” Morocco says it’s working to improve housing conditions and rid the country of slums where extremism festers.

Source Christian Science Monitor

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Pakistani masked Islamic students carry spears and bamboo stick as they guard outside Red Mosque in Islamabad, 27 June 2007. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)   (Getty Images)
A Palestinian boy walks past a wall bearing a graffiti reading in Arabic 'Al-Quds Brigades' during the funeral of Islamic Jihad commander Mohammed Abdullah in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip,...   (Getty Images)
A young Palestinian supporter of Islamic Jihad burns an Israeli flag during a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of the Israeli army's Defensive Shield Operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin,...   (Associated Press)
Young Palestinian supporters of Islamic Jihad carry toy guns as they march during a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of the Israeli army's Defensive Shield Operation in the West Bank refugee camp of...   (Associated Press)
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