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...influenced by the worldview of Osama bin Laden, a man Hambali claimed to have met personally on two occasions. The militant clerics found a receptive audience among many KMM members, government officials say, focusing their attention on a KMM branch in the state of Selangor, outside the capital Kuala Lumpur...
...known associate, Malaysian Taufik Abdul Halim to Jakarta, where he was arrested on Aug. 1, 2001, after a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew off one of his legs. Last fall in Malaysia itself, Hambali instructed Yazid Sufaat, a former Malaysian army captain now under detention in Kuala Lumpur, to place an order for four tons of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that can be used as a bombmaking ingredient. The current whereabouts of the chemical remains a mystery...
...minor figure in the Selangor branch of the KMM, a "runner" as one puts it. But Yazid flourished in the Jemaah Islamiah, rising to become Hambali's most trusted lieutenant. Hambali ordered Yazid to host the two hijackers who died in the Pentagon attack at his condo in Kuala Lumpur. Yazid has told his interrogators that he had no knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks but, one official says, he suspected the men who stayed at his apartment had some role in the attacks because "they had asked if there were flying schools in Malaysia. Yazid recommended one in [Melaka...
...still active in the region. According to sources at all levels of the clandestine arms trade in Southeast Asia, meetings - sometimes several a month - between representatives of militant Islamic groups and their al-Qaeda financiers continue to take place in Malaysia: in cheap hotels and guest houses outside Kuala Lumpur, in the beach resort of Port Dickson and in the cities of Melaka and Johore Baru across the strait from Singapore. "These groups use the Internet to set up the venue and date for their meetings," says Mat, the arms trader. "The messages are sent in encrypted codes. For example...
...place holder. One intriguing possibility: should Mahathir depart, Anwar might take advantage of his status as the only leader who can heal the bitter wounds caused by his downfall - not to mention the many questions hanging over his convictions - to make a comeback. One scenario being discussed in Kuala Lumpur sees his supporters in the ruling political party arranging for a royal pardon, allowing Anwar to pick up Mahathir's mantle...