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31 arrested for plotting terror strike
GULF-TIMES.com ^ | Latest Update: Saturday 18/4/2009 April, 2009, 10:10 PM Doha Time | n/a

Posted on 04/19/2009 8:57:58 PM PDT by Cindy

Police in Bangladesh have arrested 31 men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack, an officer said yesterday.

Police chief Masudul Haque Nuruzzaman, from Kushtia district 100km (62 miles) west of the capital Dhaka, said the men were members of the Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir.

“Among the 31 arrested was the group’s chief of the Kushtia district who trained and fought in Afghanistan,” said Nuruzzaman.

“The arrests were made on Friday during a raid on a meeting. We have intelligence to suggest they were preparing an attack.”

Jihadi books, leaflets, gunpowder and bomb-making materials were seized during the meeting, he said.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is a worldwide group which wants to combine all Muslim countries in a unitary Islamic state or “khilafat”. The group is banned in some countries but not in Bangladesh.

Last month the police raided an Islamic school, or madrasa, on the remote southern island of Bhola and seized a cache of weapons and explosive devices, as well as jihadi literature urging Muslims to take up arms.

The school is run by the British-based charity Green Crescent, which is owned by Briton Faisal Mostafa, who has since been arrested by the Bangladeshi police.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bangladesh; britonfaisalmostafa; globaljihad; greencrescent; hizbuttahrir; ht; jihad; madrasa; madrassa; mostafa

1 posted on 04/19/2009 8:57:58 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Oh, I thought it was a VFW meeting. My mistake.


2 posted on 04/19/2009 9:01:49 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (To those crying racism: Sometimes it's not about you.)
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To: SlowBoat407

You mean, it wasnt about the American Legion?


3 posted on 04/19/2009 9:05:11 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (If we say "YES. By your definition I guess I'm a rightwing extremist" en-mass, we can shut them down)
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To: SlowBoat407

:>)


4 posted on 04/19/2009 9:05:43 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: SlowBoat407

Thank goodness it wasn’t those Amish again.


5 posted on 04/19/2009 9:10:49 PM PDT by MaxMax (RINO=RAT!)
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To: Cindy
Last month the police raided an Islamic school...

The school is run by the British-based charity Green Crescent

Nice cover.

The leftists right here in the USA are working on getting Islamic/Muslim schools going with our tax dollars.

Maybe they already have.

Like mosques, Islamic/muslim schools have one purpose.

6 posted on 04/19/2009 9:11:23 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: Cindy

BTTT


7 posted on 04/19/2009 9:12:13 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thank you Jet Jaguar for the bump — global jihad/gwot.


8 posted on 04/19/2009 9:16:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Quick ... someone inform our Homeland Security head that these weren’t returning veterans.//sarcasm off


9 posted on 04/19/2009 9:49:24 PM PDT by vox_freedom (If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: vox_freedom

Every post made is public... so I think DHS knows now.


10 posted on 04/19/2009 9:50:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

I saw the headlines. I was expecting a story about returning Iraqi vets who went to a Catholic mass. DHS says these are real bad people.


11 posted on 04/19/2009 10:19:34 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (I don't trust Obama with my country. Do you?)
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To: Cindy
Police in Bangladesh have arrested 31 men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack, an officer said yesterday.

Were they white male veterans who believe in Christ? I THOUGHT so! Damned tax protesting, anti-abortion, Constitutionalists!

12 posted on 04/20/2009 3:32:10 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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By the way, does anyone have any Clearasil for my nose?

13 posted on 04/20/2009 3:33:54 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

I think they are warts. Handling frogs during a spell party around the pot causes this.


14 posted on 04/20/2009 3:37:30 AM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
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To: Cindy

On a serious note, how many more mosques and islamic charities have to be exposed before it becomes official policy that they are suspect?


15 posted on 04/20/2009 5:20:12 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (To those crying racism: Sometimes it's not about you.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Police in Bangladesh have arrested 31... Police chief Masudul Haque Nuruzzaman, from Kushtia district... said the men were members of the Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir... Jihadi books, leaflets, gunpowder and bomb-making materials were seized during the meeting, he said. Hizb ut-Tahrir is a worldwide group which wants to combine all Muslim countries in a unitary Islamic state or "khilafat". The group is banned in some countries but not in Bangladesh. Last month the police raided an Islamic school, or madrasa, on the remote southern island of Bhola and seized a cache of weapons and explosive devices, as well as jihadi literature urging Muslims to take up arms. The school is run by the British-based charity Green Crescent, which is owned by Briton Faisal Mostafa, who has since been arrested by the Bangladeshi police.

16 posted on 04/20/2009 6:02:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Cindy

Thank God they didn’t come to MY house!


17 posted on 04/20/2009 7:01:58 AM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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