Radicalisation in the West: The Homegrown Threat :: IsraellyCool

The Australian has an interesting and important article about a landmark study by the NYPD’s intelligence division, which deals with the formation and development of Islamist terror cells in Western countries.

And surprise, surprise, the terrorists are not driven by desperation or poverty, nor is the root cause of Islamic terrorism Israel.

Jamal Zougam was a handsome and popular 30-year-old who frequented the discos in Madrid’s Moroccan quarter and ran a mobile phone shop with his brother. Born in Tangier, Morocco, he had migrated to Spain with his family as a child and seemed perfectly integrated into Spanish society.

“He was good looking, he didn’t have a beard, he joked around a lot,” recalled one of his friends. “He’s the kind of guy who would walk around in a Lacoste T-shirt in summer.”

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