Try racial profiling on these guys when looking for Arab terrorists

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Randall Royer, David Hicks, Jack Roche, Christian Ganczarski. These aren't the names one expects to see when reviewing a list of those charged with participation in international Islamic terrorism. However, a disturbing number of converts have turned to militancy in a quest to add direction to their lives. Disillusioned with mainstream society, these disaffected men are attracted by the sense of community that Islam offers. While those who adopt mainstream Islam find solace in its teachings, the result can be quite different when converts turn to fundamentalism. What often happens is that these men find in militant Islam an alternative to more well-known antisocial outlets such as neo-Nazi or anarchist groups. Radical fundamentalist Islam allows them to channel their anger into a structured movement that is, in their view, fulfilling God's will. Militant Islam, in turn, has been actively exploiting these advantages in an all-out recruitment drive.

America has witnessed the cases of the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and Randall Royer, a convert recently charged for his involvement with the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. But an examination of arrests in the past few years reveals that the problem touches almost every corner of the Western world.

Take David Hicks. Raised in an Australian suburb, Hicks was a frustrated young man fascinated by war and eager to escape his mundane life. After leaving school at 14, he bounced from low-paying job to low-paying job. By 21, he was a heavy drinker with two children and a common-law wife. This existence proved frustrating for Hicks.

A desire for excitement led Hicks to Kosovo, where he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army, fighting with Albanian Muslims against the Christian Serbs. Upon returning to Australia, Hicks again grew restless. Influenced by the faith of his fellow fighters in Kosovo, he converted to Islam. Shortly thereafter, he traveled to Pakistan, where he fought with Lashkar-e-Taiba in Kashmir, and then on to Afghanistan, where he trained with al Qaeda. Hicks' foray into this violent world ended when he was captured in December 2001 and transferred to Guantanamo Bay. Once in Gitmo, Hicks threatened, "Before I leave here, I am going to kill an American."

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