JI BOMB HAUL [Jemaah Islamiah]

Herald Sun (Melboune) | March 21, 2003

[Wallaby]

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JI bomb haul [Jemaah Islamiah in Malaysia]

Herald Sun(Melbourne); WORLD; Pg. 37 AFP, REUTERS

March 21, 2003 Friday

KUALA LUMPUR --

Malaysian police say they have found a cache of four tonnes of a bomb-making ingredient after the arrest of a suspected member of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiah terror group.

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Jemaah Islamiah, which aims to create a regional Islamic state in South-East Asia, is blamed for the Bali bombing which killed 202 people last October

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The fertiliser, ammonium nitrate, was found buried in a palm oil plantation in southern Johor state, a police spokesman said.

Rumours of its existence have circulated since security forces in neighbouring Singapore foiled a plot to bomb Western targets there more than a year ago.

The breakthrough came after police detained Mohamad Amin Musa, 29, two weeks ago. He worked on the plantation belonging to his father, police said.

Mohamad Amin is reported to be a cousin of Taufik Abdul Halim, a Malaysian who is serving life imprisonment in Indonesia after being convicted of a series of bombings there.

Jemaah Islamiah, which aims to create a regional Islamic state in South-East Asia, is blamed for the Bali bombing which killed 202 people last October.

Members of its senior leadership, including South-East Asia's most wanted man, Muslim cleric Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali, are believed to have close links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.

Malaysia is already holding more than 80 suspected Islamic militants, many of them allegedly Jemaah Islamiah members.

KENYA said yesterday it had arrested a suspected al-Qaida member for questioning over terrorist attacks in east Africa.

Internal security minister Chris Murungaru said the suspect had been arrested in a joint effort by Kenya security forces and "peace-loving" leaders in neighbouring Somalia.

US officials said the Government would detain new asylum seekers who arrive from 33 nations viewed as having connections to al-Qaida or other militant activities.

Officials said they would not detain asylum seekers already in the US.

[Wallaby]

"Our nation will continue to be steadfast and patient and persistent in the pursuit of two great objectives. First, we will shut down terrorist camps, disrupt terrorist plans, and bring terrorists to justice. And second, we must prevent the terrorists and regimes who seek chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons from threatening the United States and the world." President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 29, 2002.

[nopardons]

Thank goodness we have some help, rounding up terrorists and terrorist wannabe !

[Wallaby]

The Filipinos have been strong allies in the WOT.

[nopardons]

Yes, they have been and with good reason. I hope that they can finally hunt down and get rid of ALL of their own terrorists.

[Wallaby]

Oops. I thought I was on the Philippines thread.

[Wallaby]

Malaysia and Indonesia have plenty of work to do as well.

[nopardons]

It would seem that a LOT of nations have a great deal of work to do.

That's okay, it's still true, about the Fillipinos. LOL

[Free the USA]

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[bvw]

Could East Africa or Kenya be added to the headline?

[bvw]

Oh .. and "in Malaysia" as well. Wallaby has it as his subhead.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[thinden]

preciate the update