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[quote=Anonymous]DR. QANTA AHMED'S TESTIMONY TO HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE

During the visit, though I was not granted clearance to question the 
students directly, under supervision of my fellow physician colleagues and 
with the Pakistani Rangers nearby, I was allowed to meet with one 15-year 
old Pakistani boy in particular.  I listened to him for about an hour as 
he described his transition from a school boy of 13 walking to school, his 
seduction by an older boy with tales of a `purer', `more legitimate' 
Islam--that of the Taliban's--his voluntary decision to run away and join 
a network of Taliban militants, his deliberate and very labyrinthine 
confinements in hiding centers called `markaz' (centers), his handlers' 
persistent and successful maneuvering defeating the dedicated efforts of 
his parents to retrieve him, his training and preparation which he 
chillingly termed `Tarbiyyat' which means `religious education' 
(consisting of advanced training in the use of a handgun, the deployment 
of a grenade and the successful detonation of a suicide jacket) and, 
finally, his ultimate surrender to a police officer in the designated 
target of attack--a nearby mosque.  I have in my possession his 
de-identified narrative which can be reviewed in a classified forum but as 
is not available for disclosure in this public record.

This young boy's naivete, his isolated and distorted world view, his lack 
of knowledge of Bin Laden or 9-11 and his indoctrination all revealed to 
me that[b] Islamist ideologies are active, alive and moving ahead far beyond 
the reach of 20th Century Al-Qaedah ideology.[/b]  Further, his halting and 
unconfident Urdu reminded me much of the nascent transition from boyhood 
to manhood of my own brothers when they were younger, who fortunately have 
been sheltered from such manipulations by opportunities our family could 
give them because we are so attached to our native Britain and Islam, not 
Islamism.

Further, the young boy also revealed his [b]Islamist-indoctrinated hatred of 
certain sects of Muslims,[/b] including Shias who are a minority in Pakistan, 
his belief that anyone collaborating with a western-dressed individual was an enemy 
of Islam--including Pakistani troops who are usually dressed in western trousers--and 
that any who engaged with US troops was also an enemy to Islam.
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