He has been described as a "beefy-linebacker, all- American, blue-eyed, Irish-American mujahid holy warrior" who has led a life of faith, danger and espionage in some of the most perilous war zones on the face of the earth. It all started when a fellow worshipper in his San Diego mosque suggested that he go to Bosnia to stop the Serb- sponsored genocide that was taking place there. This eventually led him to Osama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan, where he trained with the most aggressive and terrfiying mujahadeen in the world. But when a commander asked him to raid a town in Kashmir that would include the hostage taking and killing of civilians, his life took another turn.