Recruiting terrorists with an emphasis on Al Qaeda

Life and survivel of terrorist groups، particularly al Qaeda depends on attractingnew members while losing the old ones. September 11، 2001 incidenthad an undeniable impact on recruiting process of these groups. Inthis article، recruiting models، member features، force classification، placesto find member and recruiting tools are studied moreover، recruiting beforeSeptember 11 and changes after the incident، has been studied and analyzed. Finally، al-Qaida recruiting methods and strategies in the new statusand Western coping strategies are defined.