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| Terrorists recruited in jails; N.J. lawmakers updated |
| By Asbury Park Press |
| Published: 10/04/2004 |
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Groups with suspected al-Qaida links are successfully recruiting individuals not of Arab ancestry -- whites, blacks and Hispanics -- and there is a trend to recruit in the prison population, New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey said last week. Harvey made his remarks after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Harvey and others updated lawmakers on the state's domestic security preparedness three years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Al-Qaida is the name taken by followers of Osama bin Laden's group of Islamic militants behind the 9/11 attacks and suspected in a string of bombings thereafter, accusing the West of cooperating with undemocratic Arab regimes for the sake of oil. At one point, state Sen. Robert J. Martin, R-Morris, asked Harvey how many al-Qaida loyalists may exist in New Jersey. "There are persons in New Jersey who concern us," answered Harvey. Afterward, Harvey refused to estimate how many such people there are. And he said they shared no common link such as language, ancestry or country of origin. Representatives of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not respond to inquiries about how widespread al-Qaida recruitment had spread among U.S. citizens. |
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