Intelligence memo warns of new attacks
Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article:
http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/08/14/14ar.shtml
"Two arrested for selling Al Qaeda coupons"
Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reports said the man, who looked like a fakir and was believed to be about 50 years old, sold coupons of Rs.25 and Rs.50 denominations under the name of "Mujahiddin al Qaida Pacific International - Dhaka, Bangladesh" in Metiaburz and other areas near the Kolkata port.
It was not known if the two people arrested Sunday were Bangladeshis. The coupons were also distributed in some central Kolkata neighbourhoods.
The coupons were in Urdu and some booklets of Muslim jehadi organisations were reportedly distributed along with them.
One of the groups mentioned in the booklets was "Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami", which is believed to be an arm of a Pakistani terrorist organisation that works with Al Qaeda."
From the article:
Besides pirated films and software, there is a growing international trade in fake toys,
medicines, foodstuffs, spare parts for cars and even passenger jets.
Since June, about 250 Chinese schoolchildren have become ill with breathing problems
after being given fake vaccines. At least one is reported to have died.
"Developing countries are the biggest victims of counterfeiting," Jamet said. "In some African states, 85 percent of all medicines sold are fakes."
From your list of articles, why can't we raise a little extra money by selling 'coupons'? LOL
granny
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13:01
Two arrested
for selling Al
Qaeda coupons
Indo-Asian News
Service
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) Two
people have been arrested
Sunday in connection with the
sale of coupons bearing the name
of Al Qaeda in some
Muslim-dominated areas of this
West Bengal capital over the past
few days.
City Police Commissioner Prasun
Mukherjee told IANS: "We have
arrested two persons from
Kolkata. We cannot disclose all
the details now."
A middle-aged Bangladeshi was
reportedly selling coupons to
raise funds for Al Qaeda in some
Muslim areas of Kolkata,
according to the state detective
department.
Reports said the man, who
looked like a fakir and was
believed to be about 50 years
old, sold coupons of Rs.25 and
Rs.50 denominations under the
name of "Mujahiddin al Qaida
Pacific International - Dhaka,
Bangladesh" in Metiaburz and
other areas near the Kolkata port.
It was not known if the two
people arrested Sunday were
Bangladeshis. The coupons were
also distributed in some central
Kolkata neighbourhoods.
The coupons were in Urdu and
some booklets of Muslim jehadi
organisations were reportedly
distributed along with them.
One of the groups mentioned in
the booklets was
"Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami", which
is believed to be an arm of a
Pakistani terrorist organisation
that works with Al Qaeda.
The police found that several
people were engaged in selling
the coupons.
--Indo-Asian News Service
I was pretty shocked at this one when I heard it on the news this weekend..