No Common Link to Terrorism

What do Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay (aka Abdullah Shaheed Jamal,) and Hasib Hussain have in common? Not a clue?

Okay, how about this one. What do Bilal Abdullah and Kafeel Ahmed have in common?

As it turns out, each of these young men were engaged in terrorist attacks in the UK in the past couple of years. The first four involved in the 7/7 bombings and the second two tried to ram their explosives laden vehicle into a crowded airport.

According to MI5 (the UK's equivalent to our Secret Service) in a recent report, there is no one linking factor among terrorists.

Research from the security service found it was impossible to draw up a typical profile of a "British Terrorist" contradicting the perception that all are traditional religious fanatics or Islamic fundamentalists.

The classified report on radicalisation concluded there was no single pathway to violent extremism and no easy way to identify those who would become involved in terrorism in Britain.

Researchers concluded terrorists "are a diverse collection of individuals, fitting no single demographic profile, nor do they all follow a typical pathway to violent extremism".

If they ever figure out a link, I'm sure they will get back to us.

h/t The Religion of Peace