Report #1 in a New NEFA Series, "Connecting the Dots": "America's First al-Qaida Fighters"
In a new series of short reports titled "Connecting the Dots," NEFA analysts touch on a wide range of subjects concerning various aspects of terrorism. When vital information is treated as historical, it can lose its impact relating to current events.
Reflection and re-evaluating documents, articles, and interviews can be a very valuable exercise in terms of identifying patterns, recognizing relationships, and connecting circumstances.
In this first report, we revisit the fact that a handful of American Muslims were involved in the founding of al-Qaida as they were recruited a few months before al-Qaida was formed in Bin Ladin's al-Masada (the Lions Den) camp in eastern Afghanistan.
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The NEFA Foundation plays a role in the fight against terror through cohesive and comprehensive efforts to research, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to past and current terrorist activities. The Foundation shares its findings with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community where appropriate, and works with other research organizations to educate the public on the threat of terrorism. NEFA, by funding extensive field research, is able to obtain original documents as well as develop an on-the-ground understanding of events.
