This undated image taken from video obtained by CNN shows members of al Qaeda's elite fighting group 'Force 055' training with machine guns in Afghanistan. (CNN/Getty Images)From U.S. News And World Report:
When it comes to exploring why people join the ranks of the al Qaeda terrorist network, scholars and intelligence officials have offered a host of possible motivators, ranging from the disenfranchisement of a particular tribe or sect to more general humiliation, marginalization, and alienation from society.
But what prompts a terrorist to quit an organization like al Qaeda?
For L'Houssaine Khertchou, it was $500. The Moroccan, who joined al Qaeda in 1991 and later trained to become Osama bin Laden's personal pilot, eventually turned in his al Qaeda membership card when a bin Laden aide refused to cover the cost of his wife's cesarean section. After another financial dispute, Khertchou had had enough. "If I had a gun, I would have shot [bin Laden] at that time," he later testified.
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My Comment: Like all gangs, different people have different reasons for joining. For Al Qaeda, I suspect it is because of religious hatred towards infidels, money, revenge, peer pressure, and a personal sense of alienation.
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