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Focus on Internet Imams as Recruiters for Al Qaeda

By ERIC SCHMITT and ERIC LIPTON
Posted: January 1, 2010.

Print: New York Times

excerpt:

Speaking in eloquent, often colloquial, English, Mr. Awlaki and other Internet imams from the Middle East to Britain offer a televangelist’s persuasive message of faith, purpose and a way forward, for both the young and as yet uncommitted, as well as for the most devout worshipers ready to take the next step, to jihad, officials say.

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