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[10 Nov 2007 | 12 Comments | 1 views]

Halfway through an innocuous article about an unusual Saudi programme to “rehabilitate“ jihadis, the Director of the Care Rehabilitation Center, Sheik Ahmed Hamid Jelan lets his guard slip.
The excerpt (from the TIME magazine article) needs no further commentary (emphasis in bold is mine).
“…Although the perimeter is guarded by police, the facility feels like a country club or college campus. Detainees (Young Saudis caught fighting American forces in Iraq) have lots of downtime and soda pop.
They spend their days in vocational training, psychological counseling and classroom lectures, most of which are given by …