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Article: Why Some Terrorists Make the Choice to Leave al Qaeda; Learning what drives militants away could help officials fight the terrorist group, a new paper says.
- Article from:
- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- July 16, 2008
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Byline: Alex Kingsbury
When it comes to exploring why people join the ranks of the al Qaeda terrorist network, scholars and intelligence officials have offered a host of possible motivators, ranging from the disenfranchisement of a particular tribe or sect to more general humiliation, marginalization, and alienation from society.
But what prompts a terrorist to quit an organization like al Qaeda?
For L'Houssaine Khertchou, it was $500. The Moroccan, who joined al Qaeda in 1991 and later trained to become Osama bin Laden's personal pilot, eventually turned in his al Qaeda membership card when a bin Laden aide refused to cover the cost of his wife's cesarean ...
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