Foreigners were involved in the Aug. 17 series of bombings in which two people were killed and over 200 injured, intelligence agencies said. The agencies have prepared a list of foreigners allegedly involved in the explosions. Most of the foreigners included in the list are from Pakistan and the Middle East. They include Maulana Nur Ahmed, Maulana Yasin, Hafiz Monir Hossain, Touhid Wahab, Mehbub Nur, Joynuddin Khan, Ahmed Abdullah, Ahmed Shah ibn Sharif, and Shah Nur-e-Islam. Intelligence sources claimed that six of the foreigners were certainly involved in the bombings. The foreigners had close ties with the banned outfit Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), sources said. The intelligence agencies are collecting more information about the foreigners. Ruling out JMBÂ’s link with any international terror group, Inspector General of Police Abdul Quaiyum said the agencies had not been able to link JMB with any foreign terror group.
| That's my feeling, too. I'd guess JMB is closer in spirit to the Wazir Taliban than to al-Qaeda. HUJI is the local al-Qaeda affiliate, and we seldom hear anything about them. |