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AMERICAN JIHAD: The Terrorists Living Among Us, Steven Emerson, The Free Press, NY, 2002, 261 pages, $26.00.
In American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us, which is based on the 1994 Public Broadcasting System documentary "Jihad in America," Steven Emerson reveals the fact that Islamic militants are living and thriving in the democracy they profess to abhor. Because many Middle East regimes have tough internal security services that snuff out political dissent and give no quarter, many radical organizations find it difficult to operate. They need freedom from scrutiny to raise funds, recruit, publish, and meet. Many organizations have bases in the United States and several European nations.
Emerson reveals that organizations such as Algeria's Armed Islamic Group, Egypt's Gammaa al-Islamiyah, Lebanon's Hizbollah, and the Palestinian Hamas have...