Word: mujahedin
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...southern Thailand. The gathering was held at the behest of Riduan Isamuddin, a leader of an organization based in Indonesia called Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) that has long been suspected of acting as a cover for terrorist acts. Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, fought in Afghanistan with the anti-Soviet mujahedin in the 1980s and is wanted by authorities in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. He was last seen in January 2001, when Indonesian authorities sought his arrest for involvement in a series of bombings the previous month that left 19 dead and scores wounded...
...TERROR Looking for Trouble Since September 11, U.S. peacekeepers in Bosnia have been watching mujahedin who came to fight the Balkan wars - and then stayed on. But last week, a homegrown foe appeared, as they linked a local Bosnian man to the al-Qaeda network. Sabahudin Fiuljanin, 32, was detained six weeks ago near Eagle Base, the U.S. military encampment in northern Bosnia. Searches of his home uncovered a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, three passports acquired in the first half of 2001 and, most significantly, an Islamic last will and testament known as a vasiet, in which, a Western official...
...Arabic media. The London-based Al Hayat daily on Oct. 16 printed an article about a communiqué in which al-Qaeda had sent a message to the allies of Washington's war on terror: Help America and you "will not remain forever far from the revenge of the mujahedin." Some intelligence experts believe messages like these could be mere posturing. Al-Qaeda may for now be content to use Europe as a safe haven for planning attacks against U.S. interests elsewhere in the world, as Atta's Hamburg cell did. But most investigators know they can't be complacent...
...Over the next decade, they produced carpets featuring rocket launchers, machine guns, bombs, and helicopter gunships. In lesser numbers, these carpets are still produced. Collectors describe them as a vital emotional response to the country's devastation, souvenirs for departing Soviet soldiers, and profit engines to raise cash for mujahedin guerrillas...
...Jamaat is also the main force behind the phenomenal growth of unlicensed madrasahs, known as qaumi madrasahs, in the past decade. There are now an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 in Bangladesh, of which 30 to 40, run by mujahedin veterans, are known to shelter militants and recruit fresh fighters. Such militants sometimes receive explicit encouragement from Bangladesh's spiritual leaders. Mullah Obaidul Haque, head of the national mosque in Dhaka and a Jamaat associate, told a gathering of thousands in the capital last December: "America and Bush must be destroyed. The Americans will be washed away if Bangladesh...