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| Official: al-Qaida Linked to Indonesians |
| 2004-01-30 |
| Four students in custody in Indonesia were recruited by a key terrorism suspect to become future leaders of a Southeast Asian terror group that is linked to al-Qaida and blamed for a series of deadly attacks in the region, a government official said. The students traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan for training and served as liaisons between al-Qaida and Southeast Asia’s Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, said Ansyaad Mbai, who heads the counterterrorism desk at the Ministry for Political and Security Affairs. They’ve been paying attention. Hambali - the alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader who is now in U.S. custody - financed their trip from Indonesia to Pakistan, Mbai told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Interviews with Malaysian and Thai authorities as well as other Islamic students in custody in Malaysia revealed that they were being trained to become leaders," he said. JI: The Next Generation The four students were among 19 foreign students arrested by Pakistani security officials during raids on Islamic schools in Karachi in September. Pakistan deported the men and they were arrested upon arrival in Jakarta. Indonesian authorities have charged them with having "links to terrorist acts." Their attorney denies the men have any involvement with terrorism, though he said that two of them admitted helping Hambali raise money for Muslim militants fighting Christians in the Maluku islands in 2001. "That’s not terrorism, it’s just a cultural thing" The other two admitted forging documents. Doesn’t everyone in a Pak Islamic school? "These four are innocent of terrorism," their attorney, Mahendradatta, said Thursday. "The government should release them." How about no? Mbai said Indonesian authorities will need access to Hambali to make a case against the men. "Their link is with Hambali," Mbai said. "But until now, we’ve got no access to Hambali. Without access, it will be impossible to link these cases." The United States government is said to be considering an Indonesian request to question Hambali. Just hold them, we’ll get back to you on that. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #13 Shipman, as i told you since like all of you i don't get paid and i have more important issues on my mind than paleos and jews Cool! I'm going after a covey in the a.m. You gotta come by and pick up the cab anyway... Hatfield already knows ya... let's try again... but don't wear sandals this time. Get here early... dawn is at 7:28 eastern. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 4:10:37 PM |
| #12 Just cuz you had to pay for your house doesn't mean everyone should do it Robert. See if my dad worked hard and has too many $$$ what's bad about him buying me a house eh? :-). Shipman, as i told you since like all of you i don't get paid and i have more important issues on my mind than paleos and jews (let them kill each other till they both perish). |
| Posted by: Faisal 2004-1-30 3:56:53 PM |
| #11 mildly amused the past couple days. Come on Jarhead give credit where it's due.. Faisal been an absolute scream. He's starting to repeat himself a little tho... a bad sign, indicative of a slow troll. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 2:38:32 PM |
| #10 He called me Moron! I'm weeping out of one eye. I'm calling Nuss Ratchet on you Stevey. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 2:36:07 PM |
| #9 RC, he's probably some kid from Dearborn, Michigan going to Henry Ford Community College by day & working at dad's party store at night. Maybe Old Spook & Old Patriot can put a better bio sketch together w/their collective intel backgrounds. Either way, he's kept me mildly amused the past couple days. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-1-30 2:02:30 PM |
| #8 C'mon, Faisal, why don't you let us know who you really are? Why do you always get defensive when I point out you're nothing but a coward, hiding behind fake names and anonymity? Are my guesses hitting a little too close to home? I gotta love the bit about your dad buying you a home. Are you too stupid or too lazy to earn enough to buy one on your own? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-30 1:26:15 PM |
| #7 Faisal--what, you can't buy a house on your own? Some real man you are. I'm sure you live in a HUGE mansion. Oh yeah. Bet there's five swimming pools, lots of supermodels hanging out sunning themselves and an open bar. And they all want you desperately, yet you choose to enlighten us all with your pearls of wisdom. Aren't we lucky here at Rantburg.... |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-1-30 1:10:38 PM |
| #6 #2: christianity and jewism are miles apart honey. see my other posting on what the pedophile manual talmud has to say about Jesus. #3: It's a big mansion Robert. And he'll be buying my house too. I don't have to wait till 47 to get a house lol. #4: i have nothing to do with call centers moron. #5: Oooo Evert. i'm waiting. you know how much i love pussies :-) |
| Posted by: Faisal 2004-1-30 12:33:33 PM |
| #5 Yo Faisal "I think we now need a report in which the Al-Qaeda gene needs to be traced down the DNA." We are coming to take a bloodsample shortly, you are advised ( remember it is only advice, not cooperating would be way more fun for our operatives )to cooperate. |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-1-30 11:49:45 AM |
| #4 I believe Faisal has already mentioned he lives at his dad's place and saves rent money..... ever work in a call center Faisal? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 11:19:21 AM |
| #3 Jennie, just remember that "Faisal" is the pen-name of a twelve-year-old kid who will be a virgin until he finally leaves his parents' house at age 47. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-30 10:31:20 AM |
| #2 You really are an ad hominem-throwing asshat, Faisal. Clearly, being in Al Queda is linked to Down's Syndrome, but we're not concerned with breeding it out just yet, just killing them as murdering adults. Oh, and so it's a given for jihadi Islamists to be fundamentalists, but not OK President Bush and his supporters to be Bible-believing Christian or Jew "fundamentalists?" Hope you'll disappear back into the ether soon. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2004-1-30 10:07:04 AM |
| #1 Al-Qaeda might be a reality alright but it has, at times, been used as a scapegoat by the great american (Moral) leader GWB and his fundamentalists. I think we now need a report in which the Al-Qaeda gene needs to be traced down the DNA. suckers. |
| Posted by: Faisal 2004-1-30 9:53:20 AM |