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Ed and I cracked up yesterday when we learned that Sayyid Qutb, the Karl Marx of Al Qaeda, went to ed school.

Wright draws a fascinating picture of Sayyid Qutb, the font of modern Islamic fundamentalism, a frail, middle-aged writer who found himself, as a visitor to the United States and a student at Colorado State College of Education in Greeley in the 1940’s, overwhelmed by the unbridled splendor and godlessness of modern America.

source:
The Plot Against America



Paul Berman says Qutb earned his Masters degree at Colorado.

So if Qutb hadn't "kissed the gallows" in Egypt he could have been a certified teacher here in the US.




bonus factoid

Osama Bin Laden is 6 feet tall.




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