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| Bangladesh |
| Depleted JMB targets Dhaka |
| 2010-05-27 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The banned Islamist militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh has been hoping to attract new recruits by signalling its re-emergence through a series of explosions in the capital, said intelligence sources yesterday. "Due to the arrest of the group's current chief, their reorganising efforts will fail," Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad told The Daily Star. "The execution of their former chief Abdur Rahman basically destroyed their network. Recently they were trying to reorganise from the capital." the IGP added. Current JMB chief Maulana Saidur Rahman alias Zafar, who was arrested by law enforcers on Tuesday, told detectives that his detained third wife Naima Akhter, and two other women who managed to escape Sunday's police raid on their Dania hideout, are well trained in use of grenades and other firearms. During a preliminary interrogation, he admitted to his earlier affiliation with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The intelligence sources said JMB operatives have been storing handmade grenades in different hideouts in the capital. The grenades were not manufactured in the capital, they added. Law enforcers so far raided three JMB dens, two in the city's Dania and the other at Painadi of Narayanganj; but they could not ascertain how many more such hideouts are there in the city, and on its outskirts. JMB operative Abu Bakkar Siddique alias Shiblu, who had been injured during his arrest on Sunday, told detectives that the group had recently trained some of its female operatives in using grenades, and they have been taking preparations to carry out a series of grenade attacks in the capital on a limited scale. Shiblu also said the aim of the planned attacks is to signal the group's re-emergence, and to attract prospective new recruits. An intelligence official said Shiblu was the chief of the planned operation. The official added that the top brass of JMB used codes in documents outlining the attack plans. The law enforces have such a document in their possession, and have been able to decode it, he said. The document says the group would carry out small scale attacks in the capital first, to assert its re-emergence. It also reveals that the group has plans to assassinate some people in the judiciary, and some "traitors", the definition of which are yet to be known by the sleuths. Meanwhile, arrested Saidur Rahman, Naima Akhter, and full-time JMB member Abdullah-hel-Kafi were sent on six-day remand each yesterday. Special Branch Sub-inspector Saiful Islam filed a case with Kodomtoli police against the three in connection with terrorist activities. The group's military wing coordinator Amir Hossain alias Sharif, and another full-time member Nur Hossain alias Sabuj, both of whom had been arrested from Narayanganj on Sunday, were sent to 7-day remand each yesterday. Two cases were filed against the two on Monday, in connection with possession of bomb making materials, firearms, ammunition, and jihadi books. Three cases were filed against Shiblu on Sunday, in connection with possession of firearms and explosives, and assault on law enforcers. Shiblu is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital as he was wounded in a bomb explosion that he himself carried out trying to escape arrest, wounding eight law enforcers as well. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Depleted JMB is like Depleted Uranium: dense, inert |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-27 19:42 |
| #2 No girls can go to schools. Er, unless it's to learn to use grenades. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-05-27 18:42 |
| #1 Depleted JMB—is that when you separate out the more explosive kind? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2010-05-27 08:36 |