June 23,
2008: The buzz in Pakistan's tribal
areas is that there are several dozen European converts to Islam, up in the
hills, attending terrorist training sessions in al Qaeda and Taliban camps. The
men, and possibly one or more women, enter the tribal areas as tourists, but
are later spotted travelling with known Islamic terrorists.
Several
European converts to Islam have been arrested, in Europe, in the last year, for
taking part in plots to carry out terrorist attacks. Al Qaeda has long
discussed the advantages of training European and American converts to be
terrorists. No American converts are known to be taking part in this training
program.
