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| Bangladesh |
| Rohingya groups under scanner |
| 2012-10-07 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The Rohingya Death Eater groups of Rakhine state in Myanmar are suspected of being among the key planners of last week's mayhem on Buddhist community at Ramu. Leaders and activists of four Rohingya outfits have long been staying in Bangladesh, especially in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Khagrachhari and Rangamati. These organizations are Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), Arakan Rohingya Nationalist Organisation (ARNO), National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and Istehadul Tullabul Muslemin (ITM). The RSO tops the list of suspects as it participated in attacks on Buddhist temples and houses on the night of September 29, according to a person who has long and intimate relations with some RSO leaders and activists. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde... sources said a group of RSO leaders had been staying in a Cox's Bazar hotel for a few days before the Ramu attacks. Some of these leaders belonged to Abdullah Mohammad Salamatullah's faction in the bad turban organization, sources claimed. A police official confirmed that they have been gathering information in this regard but would not disclose any progress for the sake of investigation. As law enforcers have information on the presence of some RSO leaders in Cox's Bazar immediately before the attack, suspicion fall on other Rohingya groups too, the official added. The person close to the RSO told this correspondent that several hundred rioters who came to Ramu from Garzania and Naikhangchhari in Bandarban were RSO members. They belonged to Muammed Yunus-led faction and Yunus's follower Hafez Abdullah and Mahmudullah played key roles to mobilise them. Another group of Rohingyas came from Cox's Bazar. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh The JMB is said to be the youth front of Al Mujahideen, the parent organization that began working toward establishing Bangladesh as an Islamic state in the mid 1990s which remains obscure even today. Other organizations, such as Jama'atul Jihad, JMB, Jagrata Mohammedan Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), Hizbut Tawhid, Tawhidi Janata, Islami Jubo Shangha, Islami Shangha, Al Falah A'am Unnayan Shanstha and Shahadat-e al Hiqma are believed to be part of the Al Mujahideen network. The JMB at its peak was reported to contain at least 100,000 members, and an alleged 2,000-man suicide brigade, few of whom actually went kaboom!. JMB allegedly received financial assistance from individual donors in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Reports have claimed that funding of JMB by international NGOs like Kuwait based Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIHS) and Doulatul Kuwait, Saudi Arabia based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, Qatar Charitable Society and UAE-based Al Fuzaira and Khairul Ansar Al Khairia. The top leadership of JMB was captured in 2005 and hung in 2007, which pretty much shot their bolt. (JMB), a banned Islamist bad turban organization of the country, had close links with the RSO, JMB's explosives expert Boma Mizan said during interrogations. Some JMB operatives received training from RSO arms experts in camps in remote hilly area of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west. ) Bangladesh, another outlawed Islamist outfit, too had strong connections with RSO. Internal groupings under the leadership of Yunus, Salamatullah and a few other leaders have been weakening the RSO gradually since the late 90s. Having the blessings of Nurul Islam, known as a boss of RSO, Salamatullah has been elevated to the top of the organization. There was also rivalry among RSO, ARNO and NUPA. More than a year ago, Salamatullah strove to unite all the Rohingya bad turban groups to regain strength. The Istehadul Tullabul Muslemin -- known as student front of RSO -- acts as the main force behind all Rohingya terror operations. Its leaders are well trained in arms and explosives and also provide arms training to others. An Islamic political party and its student wing leaders also played a significant role in bringing attackers from Cox's Bazar and some other areas, the source close to RSO added. The Daily Star earlier talked to a number of witnesses who claimed they saw Rohingyas in anti-Buddhist processions and rallies on the night of September 29. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ah, yes - the Royhinga. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-07 12:13 |