Funding and aiding and abetting terrorist activities are a crime of almost if not equal seriousness as committing the acts themselves. Why South Florida may have become a 'hotbed' for the jihad remains an open question (as does the validity of the indictments, which both men continue to deny). The analysis of the generation and continued life of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a powerful example of the complexities of international terrorism. The facts about the PIJ transcend the usual national and religious stereotypes about different terrorist organizations. The PIJ is Sunni, yet primarily funded by a Shiite state, and has been involved in actions against moderate Arab governments and organizations it opposes, as well as Israel. It has pitted itself against radical Hamas as well as the more moderate PLO in the Palestinian territories. The accused members of the group in America are educated men who deny their connection with the PIJ, not proud terrorists. And the complexities of the group's history show how Palestinians themselves cannot be easily subsumed into categories -- inter-organizational tensions can exist even between Arab radical groups like Hamas and the PIJ and both Muslims and Christian Palestinians exist, hence...

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