So much to say in defense of skhan, but don’t want to go off topic 
Here are some interesting news in todays dawn. It throws light on AQ’s
style of recruitment. The report again confirms that most of these recruitments are based on a salaried package manipulating the jobless youth’s economic instability. On top of that, these poor young kids think they are performing jihad…
The dawn reports talks about a guy name Rehman who was caught last month in a police raid. The report says:
"Rehman, a university graduate who is now facing a death sentence on terrorism charges, was the leader of this group, although he does not fit the typical profile of an Al Qaeda leader. He is not an Arab. He did not go to a madressah and does not have a long association with any Islamic movement. "
So now my dear friend Anjan, do u realize that it is not only about madrassas’s education. Closing maddrasas will not solve the problem overnight. Rehman never went to any madrassa and did not have any association with any islamic movement. Yet, he was involved in this mess and not to mention he was extremely dangerous.WHY? I am sure he was doing it for handsome compensation…it is becoming a business and a profession unfortunately…
http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/11/top7.htm
Al Qaeda seeking new recruits in Pakistan: report
By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: Al Qaeda, which once only recruited Arabs, is now also seeking recruits from other ethnic groups and many new Al Qaeda operatives are from Pakistan, says a report published in some US newspapers on Saturday.
The report quotes Karachi police chief Tariq Jameel as saying that the change in Al Qaeda s strategy has made it difficult for security agencies to monitor the profiles of these new recruits and new groups.
According to this report, based on interviews with security officials and some Al Qaeda suspects in Pakistan, new Al Qaeda cells are small. Most of them have less than 10 members and are independent of each other to ensure that if one group is busted, others can still work.
Attaur Rehman and nine of his accomplices, who are charged with carrying out a deadly attack on the Corps Commander Karachi in June, are also listed in this report as Al Qaeda operatives. The report says that their group, Jundullah, is a good example of how Al Qaeda has changed its strategy since 9/11.
Although the Jundullah receives orders from senior Al Qaeda leaders, it has no direct association with Al Qaeda or any other group associated with the network. That’s why the arrest of Rehman and his accomplices could not lead police to other Al Qaeda cells.
Rehman, a university graduate who is now facing a death sentence on terrorism charges, was the leader of this group, although he does not fit the typical profile of an Al Qaeda leader. He is not an Arab. He did not go to a madressah and does not have a long association with any Islamic movement.
But the report says that as Al Qaeda’s leadership ranks begin to thin, men such as Rehman are starting to climb the ladder. The report quotes Karachi police officials as saying that Pakistan’s newly organized jihadis and educated radicals might number in the hundreds. Many of an estimated 600 suspected Al Qaeda militants rounded up in Pakistan over the past three years are Pakistanis, the police say.
But some Pakistanis, like computer expert Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, have been associated with Al Qaeda since before 9/11. Naeem is believed to have played an important role in planning terrorist attacks in the United States and Britain before he was arrested in Lahore on July 13.
Naeem helped Al Qaeda operatives send encrypted messages over the internet. The information he provided led to the July arrest in Britain of suspected Tanzanian terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani and a top Al Qaeda operative, Musa el Hindi.
The report says new Al Qaeda recruits also come from Pakistani and Kashmiri militant groups such as Al-Badr, Harakatul Mujahideen, Jaish-i-Mohammed, and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi.
Although the new groups do not have direct access to top Al Qaeda leadership, they do receive funds from the network. Each jihadi depending on his performance is paid $170 to $340 a month.
To recruit, Al Qaeda leaders rely on trusted contacts, preferably people who have fought alongside Arabs or have been trained by them, said a senior Karachi police investigator.
The go-between appoints a group of leaders, who in turn hire the services of members and assign tasks mostly on the instructions coming from the go-between. Amad Farooqi, a top militant reportedly killed by security forces two weeks ago, was a main recruiter.
A veteran of the Afghan resistance in the early 1990s, he linked up with Al Qaeda operatives after 9/11. Security forces arrested about 10 suspected Al Qaeda-linked Pakistani militants following the interrogation of two arrested Farooqi accomplices.
To bolster secrecy, group members do not know the real names of their comrades, and only group leaders know the whereabouts of other members. Suicide bombers are mostly young and usually live and operate separately.
The growing influence of militant groups within the law enforcement agencies has also set alarm bells ringing. Three policemen acted as suicide bombers at mosques in Karachi and Quetta.
Several low-ranking personnel from the armed forces were arrested for their suspected involvement in the foiled assassination attempt against President Pervez Musharraf, the report said.
You expect them to get invitations to Larry King? 
They did come out and tell their story, too bad you weren’t in SA to listen to it.
Phoenix, you again miss the point. One story cannot be an example. Can you confirm that central figure of your report Rahman did not attend a Madrisa at his minor age?
I do not talk of Madrisas for elders. I talk of setup of Islam, of Madrisa system for minors. Once disturbed something in the psychology of a minor may chase him throughout his life.
After 9/11 Al Qaeda has definitely changed its recruitments, after the West and especially Pakistan Govt attacked in its back.
Do you agree that Islamic organizations easily find raw material among Muslims? If you do not find other reasons except money, you can never reach the core issue.