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Posted on 04/02/2004 1:35:36 PM PST by knighthawk
Police in Thailand believe a relative of Bali bombing mastermind Hambali was among the thieves who stole a large quantity of a bomb-making ingredient this week.
Authorities say Islamic separatists stole a batch of ammonium nitrate, a fertiliser and bomb-making ingredient, in an armed raid on a quarry in the country's south.
The 10 thieves escaped with more than 1,300 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 58 sticks of dynamite and 170 blasting caps.
Ammonium nitrate was the main explosive used in the Bali bombings.
Security forces in southern Thailand are on high alert.
They fear a major bomb attack is being planned to coincide with a national holiday in two weeks' time, when tourists descend on the southern region.
A police revelation that one of the thieves is an Indonesian national named Mukhtar, said to be a relative of Hambali, has added to the concern.
Hambali is suspected to be senior figure in both the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group and Al Qaeda.
He has been in US custody since his arrest last August in Thailand.
Thailand is a Buddhist country but the people of the five southernmost provinces are majority Muslim.
For decades, the region has been a hotbed of separatist movements.
Terrorism experts believe insurgents from other regions of the world have moved to Thailand to fight there.
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