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Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer reports further on two separate Islamist terror organizations moving into the tsunami ravaged Indonesian city of Banda Aceh. Both groups are related to Indonesian cleric and terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir, the leader of al Qaeda affiliate Jemaah Islamiyah, and mastermind behind the terrorist attacks in Bali and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. The first group of Islamist “humanitarians” is the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). Not only do they smash up bars and discos, they really care. Note how military training takes precedence over relief efforts, and that Indonesia has facilitated the movement of this group to...

Some of the massive U.S. aid package earmarked for Indonesian tsunami victims is going to a radical Muslim group with direct ties to al Qaida, including at least one terrorist leader who is accused of helping the 9/11 hijackers. The radical Muslim group Laskar Mujahidin has reportedly dispatched 200 of its members to the hard-hit provincial capital of Banda Aceh, where they were seen Thursday unloading truckloads of aid at the military airport there. According to terrorism experts in the region, Laskar Mujahidin has links to terror groups outside Indonesia, including al Qaida, the Associated Press reported Friday. The group...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — An extremist Islamic group with alleged Al Qaeda (search) links has set up a relief camp on Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Sumatra island, raising concerns it could stir up sentiment against U.S. and Australian troops helping distribute aid.