Al-Qaida

Terrorist Selection and Recruitment

Sara A. Daly, Scott Gerwehr

ResearchPublished Feb 10, 2006

Chapter 5 of the McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook details various models of al-Qaida may be using to attract new members; approaches to recruitment; characteristics of potential recruits; and nodes-centers of activity, such as mosques, universities, and charities-where al-Qaida's recruiters seek new members and where potential recruits are likely to become acquainted with the radical jihadist world view.

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  • Copyright: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2006
  • Pages: 17
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: RP-1214

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Originally published in: McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook, 2006, Chapter 5, p. 73-89

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