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...Even before 9/11, Malaysia had started clamping down on Islamic fundamentalism, and authorities there have so far detained some 70 suspected radicals, including five UTM academics. But they are continuing to find black sheep in other unexpected places. On Feb. 20, a former lieutenant colonel in the Malaysian Army, Abdul Manaf Kamsuri, was arrested on suspicion of having ties to JI. Abdul Manaf, a high-flying officer who won three merit awards when he graduated from Britain's Sandhurst Military Academy, served nine months in Bosnia as part of Malaysia's U.N. peacekeeping force from 1993 to 1994. Malaysian officials...
...Malaysian officials insist that Abdul Manaf's case is unique and that the armed forces are free of Islamic radicalism. However, a Royal Malaysian Air Force sergeant was arrested on the island of Labuan off Borneo in January for possible involvement with JI. And last year, police arrested former army captain Yazid Sufaat, a biochemistry graduate from a state university in California. Yazid met in January 2000 with two of the 19 hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks. All this suggests that terrorism might be more deeply rooted in Malaysia than previously believed...
...wave of exciting music. To rectify this missed-timing, I joined the Leverett House Committee (HoCo) with the express purpose of organizing the Leverett ’80s Dance. Bon Jovi’s dramatic power ballads came when boys still had cooties, and, as a fan of Paula Abdul and Debbie Gibson, a world of ’80s music never reached my ears. The Knack’s hit, though, which I first heard in Reality Bites, reminds me of a time when college seemed far away, interpersonal dramas didn’t extend beyond recess and general...
...Soviet Union, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who seems to be consolidating power among the insurgents. In Kabul, police arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned to blow up the heavily fortified U.S. embassy, which is used by the international peacekeeping force. "The Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan," says Abdul Raziq, an allied Afghan commander. "But now they're heading back." --By Tim McGirk
...DIVORCING. HASSANAL BOLKIAH, 56, Sultan of oil-rich Brunei and one of the world's richest men; from his second wife, former air stewardess Mariam Abdul Aziz; in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. No reason was given for the divorce, which strips her of all royal titles. Rumors had been rife in recent months that the couple were estranged...