Xris Katsiroubas: Pennsylvania State University

Ali Medlej Dept: Earlier this week, a News investigation found that two of the people involved in the January attack which led to the deaths of 39 foreign hostages, one Algerian security guard and 30 militants were Xris Katsiroubas, 22, and Ali Medlej, 24, who had been high-school friends in London, Ont, according to CBC. The political connection isnt what matters at all. It the emotional connection, said Dr. John Horgan, director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Pennsylvania State University and The revelation that two young Canadian men were involved in an al-Qaeda-linked attack on an Algerian gas refinery has prompted many people to wonder what would drive Western youth to such extreme action halfway across the world. Experts say a person can be radicalized as a result of personal factors that may be unrelated to the act of extremism. READ: Canadians in Algeria attack became angry, alienated at home (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.