Word: anwar
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...center, which opened in 1989, has been under surveillance since its days in the 1990s as a base for both humanitarian and military aid to Muslims in Bosnia. In June 1995, police raided the premises and arrested dozens of men on allegations of terrorism. One of Shaari?s predecessors, Anwar Shaban, who was under investigation in Italy for possible terrorist links, was later killed under mysterious circumstances in Croatia after going to help the Bosnian cause. The Milan institute?s name pops up again in the trial of suspects in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa...
...Kuala Lumpur suburb doesn't realize it, but he represents salvation for Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Once a member of the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO), Kamaruddin defected to the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia as a result of Mahathir's treatment of his charismatic deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, three years ago. Joining what appeared to be a rising tide of public sentiment, Kamaruddin and his friends attended numerous street demonstrations and political meetings in support of the Islamic Party, known by its Malay acronym PAS, and its allies...
...political enemies. The more recent arrests of six other alleged militants have raised not a murmur of protest. "People feel there is something in the Islamic militancy issue after Sept. 11," says Chandra Muzzafar, deputy president of the National Justice Party, a PAS ally founded in the wake of Anwar's arrest. "Any party associated even in a tangential way with militancy has no chance in Malaysia...
...played entirely in Mahathir's favor. Not only has PAS lost ground, but the opposition alliance that scarred UMNO badly in elections two years ago has collapsed, its component parties in disarray. Only a few months ago, senior UMNO members acknowledged privately that Mahathir's personal unpopularity over the Anwar affair could cause a disastrous plunge in support among the party's core constituency, the indigenous Malay Muslims who make up about 60% of the population. Now, many speculate Mahathir might call snap polls to capitalize on the opposition's misfortunes...
...Blair are wooing Mahathir because "they feel they can use him as a voice for moderation in the Islamic world," says Razak Baginda, head of a pro-government think tank in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's relations with the U.S. had been soured by American criticism of the jailing of Anwar. Mahathir has long been eager to mend ties with his country's biggest trade partner and investor, dispatching three separate envoys to Washington this year; as recently as July, Malaysia's Foreign Minister was told by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that a requested meeting between the two leaders...