SOME POINTERS FOR THE PERSISTENTLY PERPLEXED

"SOME POINTERS FOR THE PERSISTENTLY PERPLEXED As regards "Spy Agencies' Quest: What Makes A Terrorist?""

SNIPPET: "* Motivation is not enough. Association, motivation, and opportunity must combine in order for someone to make good on their terrorist ambitions."

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006305.php

23 November 2009

“SOME POINTERS FOR THE PERSISTENTLY PERPLEXED
As regards “Spy Agencies’ Quest: What Makes A Terrorist?””

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http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006284.php
23 February 2009

“WHY AHMED[1] CAN’T KILL, PART 1 - AUTHORITY: HEAVEN IS HIGH AND THE EMPEROR IS FAR AWAY”

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006285.php
05 March 2009

“WHY AHMED CAN’T KILL, PART 2 - GROUP: HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS THAT BROTHERS DWELL TOGETHER[5]”

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006287.php
10 March 2009

“WHY AHMED CAN’T KILL, PART 3 - KILLER: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND (HE’S A PENINSULA)[10]”

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006293.php
15 March 2009

“WHY AHMED CAN’T KILL, PART 4 (VICTIM), CONCLUSION, AND THE BIG PICTURE”

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120535493

“Spy Agencies’ Quest: What Makes A Terrorist?”
by KEVIN WHITELAW

November 18, 2009

SNIPPET: “Investigators are still trying to determine whether Maj. Nidal Hasan’s alleged deadly rampage at Fort Hood was a calculated act of radical Islamist ideology or the deranged act of an alienated loner.

But even as military and law enforcement officials continue their probe, the incident has sparked a renewed focus on how Islamic extremists and al-Qaida sympathizers become radicalized in the first place.

The U.S. government has focused significant intelligence resources on the question of radicalization in recent years, but they admit the dynamics are still not well understood.”

But even as military and law enforcement officials continue their probe, the incident has sparked a renewed focus on how Islamic extremists and al-Qaida sympathizers become radicalized in the first place.

This oughta be good! I can imagine the US Gov't issuing a grant to CAIR to help them navigate the Koran and its teachings so that they can make this determination. The results will be predictable: Hasan was a mentally-ill, loner and the shootings had nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.

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