Palestinian journalist held Israeli hostages in his home

[wnylib]

135. Try this to illuminate the darkness of your confusuion.

In the US, there were people living as civilian immigrants, holding down jobs, taking classes as students, going shopping, taking trips within the country like everyone else.

Then one day they got on planes like everyone else, but it soon became evident that they were not just civilians after all. They were Al Qaeda operatives who hijacked the planes to carry out terrorist attacks.

See? An operative can appear to be just a civilian like anyone else - until it becomes obvious what they are.