So is your contention that no one identifies as a member of Al Qaida or that no groups of people identify themselves as belonging to an Al Qaida affiliated cell?

If that is your contention then I may assume that you dismiss the plethora of government and media reports which state that this is the case on the basis that such reports are untrustworthy.

Ok.

But then why do you trust the government issued ID that indicates that someone is from North Dakota? And how do you know that these people that claim to be from North Dakota are not in fact government stooges that are meant to deceive you?