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| Southeast Asia |
| Malaysia Arrests Two Militant Suspects |
| 2002-12-20 |
| Malaysian police arrested two Islamic militant suspects who allegedly helped members of an al-Qaida-linked terrorist organization attend training camps in the Philippines, a government official said Friday. The two men, a Malaysian and an Indonesian, were arrested in a pre-dawn raid Thursday at their homes in Sandakan, a town in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island. The suspects, both religious teachers, ... Wotta surprise! ... are members of a Sabah cell of Jemaah Islamiyah. The two suspects, whose identities were not revealed, arranged accommodation and transport for new Jemaah Islamiyah recruits traveling through Malaysia on their way to camps in the southern Philippines for military training, the official said. The two suspects had been fairly active in the past but had not carried out work for Jemaah Islamiyah in recent months, the official said. It's called "lying low." Just a couple cogs in the terror machine, but better off sitting behind bars, at least for awhile... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |