11.   The gritty Tenderloin, home to many struggling Vietnamese Chinese immigrant families, proved the perfect recruiting ground for the TL gang.

12.   The prisons have become more efficient recruiting grounds than the mosques.

13.   These have become fertile recruiting grounds for L.A. Opera talent scouts.

14.   And in a barrio that was a recruiting ground for hit men who killed for the Medellin cartel, former gang members now help keep kids off the streets.

15.   Assira has proved a prime recruiting ground for Hamas.

16.   Britain has been identified by at least one terrorist suspect as fertile recruiting ground.

17.   Deteriorating housing projects blight its cities and clumps of idle men dot its streets, a rich recruiting ground for organized crime.

18.   He wants to pump international money into Gaza slums that have become fertile recruiting grounds for Islamic radicals opposed to his peace deal with Israel.

19.   Its poor barrios remain recruiting grounds for teen-age assassins, gang members, guerrillas and paramilitary fighters.

20.   The camp is still a prime recruiting ground for radical groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, turning out foot soldiers and top leaders alike.