Malaysian police arrest 13 linked to Moussaoui

Reuters Via Yahoo ^ | 1/4/2002 | Reuters

[KQQL]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has arrested 13 suspected members of an Islamic militant group with links to Zacarias Moussaoui, the Frenchman on trial for the September 11 attacks on the United States, Bernama news agency said on Friday.

The suspects, belonging to a wing of a group the authorities call Kumpulan Militan Malaysia (KMM), had connections with Moussaoui when he was in Malaysia between September 4 and 15 and again on October 5 in 2000, the state-run news agency quoted Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai as saying.

"They were arrested because they are believed to be carrying out activities which are a threat to national security, including holding secret meetings for the setting up of the Daulah Islamiah (Islamic government)," Norian said, adding that they were detained between December 9 and January 3.

Police have said the KMM is in contact with like-minded groups in neighbouring Indonesia and the mostly Roman Catholic Philippines, which want to topple the governments in those two countries as well as Malaysia to establish their own models of an Islamic state.

Police were already holding 25 other members of the KMM, arrested since August, Norian said. Most of them are members or supporters of the opposition Parti Islam se-Malaysia, which has denounced the arrests as politically motivated.

[browardchad]

Looks like Moussaoui left a trail of breadcrumbs...or maybe Reid did...

[TADSLOS]

Interesting bedfellows, these Muslim terrorists.

[larry h]

Slowly....slowly....the pit turns over the fire......

[KQQL]

I think they both did

[HarryDunne]

The Petronas twin towers are in Malaysia

[VOA]

bump

[OldFriend]

Now that they see we are winning they feel it is safe to arrest terrorists.......they were mostly concerned with the Petronis Towers which have been the subject of constant threats.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

How does Moussaoui's mother explain this? /sarcasm

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[harpseal]

How does Moussaoui's mother explain this?

Thats simple

Its all a Zionist plot.

One explanation for everything.

[evad]

Now that they see we are winning they feel it is safe to arrest terrorists.......

Absolutely...but can you blame them? If American leads the world will follow. The problem is we haven't had a leader for 8 years.

[ThomasMore]

which want to topple the governments in those two countries as well as Malaysia to establish their own models of an Islamic state.

Typical Islamic MO.

[Mitchell]

Looks like Moussaoui left a trail of breadcrumbs...or maybe Reid did...

Well, these were the two least competent of the ones we know about. Moussaoui was unable to learn to fly an airplane, and Reid didn't even plan his attack well enough to know how to light his explosive. People like that are the weak link in every respect.