In the chaotic weeks during Egypt’s revolution, thousands of inmates escaped from jail, including hundreds of Islamist militants, and the activities of some are beginning to cause serious concern to Egyptian and Western intelligence agencies, CNN reported Thursday, October 4. Many more detained for belonging to jihadist groups have been released from detention in the 18 months since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted, including Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad, suspected of a role in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 11. Just what Abu Ahmad may be doing now goes to the heart of the dilemma facing counterterrorism agencies in the Arab world and the West: Of the thousands of Islamist militants now back in circulation in the wake of the Arab revolutions – who is taking up arms again in the cause of global jihad?