[Guardian-UK] Ian Black - Officials in Riyadh say they have seen an 80-90% success rate in a "counter-radicalization" campaign designed to wean extremists detained by the security forces off the "takfiri" ideology that permits the killing of fellow Muslims. Abu Suleiman, 33, a holy warrior-turned financial analyst, has seen the error of his ways: "I got involved in jihad when I was 20," he explained in the American-accented English picked up during four years spent in Guantanamo Bay after his capture at Tora Bora in 2001. "I had good intentions. I wanted to help Muslims round the world, but I felt I was being used for other purposes." Prisoners undergo social and psychological profiling, take part in 10-week courses, and are helped to find jobs and even wives as part of intensive after-care support that includes cash handouts for their families.
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