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| Busted Malaysian trained by al-Qaeda |
| 2006-05-31 |
| One of the 12 members of the new terror group Darul Islam arrested by the Malaysian police was trained by Osama bin LadenÂ’s al-Qaeda movement in Afghanistan, investigations revealed. The Indonesian, who was trained to handle arms and make bombs, is said to have conducted similar training for members of the group in Indonesia and in the southern Philippines. Regional intelligence sources, who described the radical group as dangerous, said the man had been a strong source of influence on the rest of the other Darul Islam members. They said the regional intelligence agencies had been keeping tabs on the group, particularly its link with the Abu Sayyaf, a small violent Muslim terrorist group operating in the southern Philippines. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |