Al-Qaida on massive recruiting drive

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Al-Qaida on massive recruiting drive
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Videotapes showing open recruitment of members for al-Qaida in Pakistan and Afghanistan show a resurgence in the terror group's activities, ABC News reports.

The narrator in one of the tapes obtained by the network says, "Come join the jihad caravan," referring to the Islamic holy war.

On the first undated tape produced by the Taliban, men described as thieves can be seen being dragged through a village behind a truck and beheaded.

In the second tape produced by al-Qaida, a commander identified as one of the four men who last year escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan uses a computer to explain the strategies of attacking a government building.

Fighters seen on the tape shout "bin Laden forever! Long live al-Qaida," which concerns Akbar Ahmed, professor of Islamic studies at American University.

"It has regrouped, reformed and re-emerged with new vigor," Ahmed said "and this is a very dangerous emergence."

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