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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1228/p06s02-wome.html
A New, Younger Jihadi Threat Emerges
[Christian Science Monitor] Marc Perelman - Security analysts and terrorism experts see an emerging threat facing both Western and Arab countries: younger jihadis who have been recruited over the Internet or inspired to act through militant Islamist literature or videos. "Terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and children in this country. They are radicalizing, indoctrinating, and grooming young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism," said Jonathan Evans, the director general of the British MI5 security service, in November. He warned that teenagers as young as 15 and 16 have been implicated in "terrorist-related" activities as a result of a deliberate strategy pursued by radical Islamist groups. On Wednesday, Pakistani police arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly trying to blow himself up at a rally for opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who was killed Thursday at an election rally in Rawalpindi. In September, a 15-year-old killed 30 people when he drove a truck full of explosives into an Algerian naval barracks.