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DOn't know if Zarkawi and Juayassi are the same guy or not.

Why would they hide it? What would be the motive.

But, AE, significant to me that two of these jihadis seem like older guys, not that they aren't prevalent in the islamistinternationale, but you rarely see them in operational squads.

Does make sense that Mid40's somethings guys, entranced by the jihad, would, just like younger men, seek salvation through their jihad.

Maybe that our profiling methods just went out the window and the age bracket should expand upward.

Zarqawi is a member of Bani Hassan, a native Jordanian tribe, while Jayyousi is said to be a Palestinian. The photo the media is using of Zarqawi is his mugshot from back when he was released from Jordanian prison in 1997 and I've seen more recent ones showing him as sporting a full beard. Jayyousi also appears to have broader shoulders than Zarqawi.

As far as age goes, Zarqawi is only in his 30s and he in fact dropped out of high school to go fight in Afghanistan. Jayyousi looks to be in his late 30s to mid-40s so my guess is that he's the older of the two. Jayyousi's now confessed that trained at Zarqawi's camp in Herat and my guess would be that he's part of the first generation of Afghan Arabs from the 1980s and folded into al-Qaeda like most of the rest of them after bin Laden assassinated Abdullah Azzam.

I agree that our profiling bracket should expand upwards, but keep in mind that the traditional profile of a suicide terrorist was more or less demolished by the 9/11 hijackers. As of right now, we should probably be ready for anything.

Why would they hide it? What would be the motive

Have you ever known a criminal who doesn't initially try to use an alias when he has a rap sheet as long as his arm, or $10 million on his head?