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01-07-2004, 11:37 AM
Al Qaida continues to recruit members in U.S. prisons despite a government crackdown, FBI officials told a congressional panel.
U.S. officials said Al Qaida's recruitment has been facilitated by Muslim clergy with access to federal and state prisons. They said the organization has succeeded in winning new members despite tighter rules instituted by authorities since the Al Qaida suicide attacks in September 2001.
"These terrorists seek to exploit our freedom to exercise religion to their advantage by using radical forms of Islam to recruit operatives," FBI counter-terrorism chief John Pistole said. "Unfortunately, U.S. correctional institutions are a viable venue for such radicalization and recruitment."
Officials said Muslim chaplains have facilitated Al Qaida recruitment, Middle East Newsline reported. They cited the case of Warith Deen Umar, the administrative chaplain for the New York State Corrections Department, said to have preached that the Al Qaida suicide attackers who killed more than 3,000 Americans were heroes.
At the congressional hearing, a Pentagon official, principal deputy defense undersecretary Charles Abell, said the U.S. government has ended exclusivity granted to three Saudi-financed organizations for the training of Muslim chaplains. The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, in Leesburg, Va., and the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council, in Arlington, Va., recommend chaplains to the military. The Islamic Society of North America, based in Plainfield, Ind., refers Muslim clerics to the Bureau of Prisons.
More (http://www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/breaking_8.html)
And this is new how? Ask any hack who works the tiers and we'll tell you that the Muslims in prisons support the terrorists.
U.S. officials said Al Qaida's recruitment has been facilitated by Muslim clergy with access to federal and state prisons. They said the organization has succeeded in winning new members despite tighter rules instituted by authorities since the Al Qaida suicide attacks in September 2001.
"These terrorists seek to exploit our freedom to exercise religion to their advantage by using radical forms of Islam to recruit operatives," FBI counter-terrorism chief John Pistole said. "Unfortunately, U.S. correctional institutions are a viable venue for such radicalization and recruitment."
Officials said Muslim chaplains have facilitated Al Qaida recruitment, Middle East Newsline reported. They cited the case of Warith Deen Umar, the administrative chaplain for the New York State Corrections Department, said to have preached that the Al Qaida suicide attackers who killed more than 3,000 Americans were heroes.
At the congressional hearing, a Pentagon official, principal deputy defense undersecretary Charles Abell, said the U.S. government has ended exclusivity granted to three Saudi-financed organizations for the training of Muslim chaplains. The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, in Leesburg, Va., and the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council, in Arlington, Va., recommend chaplains to the military. The Islamic Society of North America, based in Plainfield, Ind., refers Muslim clerics to the Bureau of Prisons.
More (http://www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/breaking_8.html)
And this is new how? Ask any hack who works the tiers and we'll tell you that the Muslims in prisons support the terrorists.