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Lessons from the Fort Dix Six

[National Review] Mary Habeck - The Fort Dix six seem to have taken to heart Abu Musab al-Suri's advice to create a decentralized global Islamic resistance. Al-Suri - a key member of the al-Qaeda leadership before his arrest last year - argued that the proper way to conduct a global guerrilla campaign was to inspire men ideologically, give them training through the Internet, and then allow them to carry out attacks whenever and wherever they deemed appropriate. Most of the men were Muslims (and Albanians) from the former Yugoslavia. Extremist Islamic preachers have remained in Bosnia and Albania, winning converts to radical Islam and to jihadism. Finally, reports describe a video showing "ten young men" firing weapons, yet only six were arrested. This is not over. The writer is associate professor of strategic studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
2007-05-11 01:00:00
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