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05-28-2010, 05:22 PM
Terror suspect captured in Bangladesh
http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2010/05/28/BANGLADESH_s640x427.jpg?73b8e21685896c3f2859310aaa 5adb253919b641Bangladeshi Muslim protesters shout slogans as they burn a Swedish flag during a protest against social networking website Facebook for holding a competition on caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
By Ashish Kumar Sen (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/ashish-kumar-sen/)
12:00 p.m., Friday, May 28, 2010
Bangladeshi law enforcement authorities arrested the leader of a terrorist organization this week, notching up another victory in their fight against violent Islamist extremism.
Saidur Rahman, leader of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Sunday.
JMB is linked to Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which U.S. and Indian intelligence agencies say was behind the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed.
The U.S. has been sharing information with and training Bangladeshi authorities as they clamp down on extremist groups.
Robert O. Blake, Jr., assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, congratulated the Bangladeshi government on Rahman's arrest.
The arrest is the "latest in a series of high-profile success stories in which local Bangladeshi law enforcement officers have arrested terrorist leaders who threaten the countrys democratic institutions and secular traditions," Mr. Blake said in a statement Thursday.
In a report for the Congressional Research Service, Bruce Vaughn, a specialist in Asian affairs, noted that Bangladesh has been largely successful in destabilizing Islamist militants since the widespread bombings that were carried out by JMB in 2005.
"Hundreds of JMB members, including key leaders, were arrested, and the leadership, including JMB founder Shaikh Abdur Rahman, were executed in the aftermath of the 2005 bombings," Mr. Vaughn said.
Sheikh Mohammed Belal, deputy chief of mission at the Bangladeshi Embassy in Washington, said law enforcement officials were in the process of extracting information from Rahman that could lead to further arrests.
He said "rightist political parties" in Bangladesh had tried to paint the government's campaign against extremist groups as an "anti-religious
A result is a result, maybe it is burn a foreign nation flag day, who knows
http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2010/05/28/BANGLADESH_s640x427.jpg?73b8e21685896c3f2859310aaa 5adb253919b641Bangladeshi Muslim protesters shout slogans as they burn a Swedish flag during a protest against social networking website Facebook for holding a competition on caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
By Ashish Kumar Sen (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/ashish-kumar-sen/)
12:00 p.m., Friday, May 28, 2010
Bangladeshi law enforcement authorities arrested the leader of a terrorist organization this week, notching up another victory in their fight against violent Islamist extremism.
Saidur Rahman, leader of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Sunday.
JMB is linked to Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which U.S. and Indian intelligence agencies say was behind the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed.
The U.S. has been sharing information with and training Bangladeshi authorities as they clamp down on extremist groups.
Robert O. Blake, Jr., assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, congratulated the Bangladeshi government on Rahman's arrest.
The arrest is the "latest in a series of high-profile success stories in which local Bangladeshi law enforcement officers have arrested terrorist leaders who threaten the countrys democratic institutions and secular traditions," Mr. Blake said in a statement Thursday.
In a report for the Congressional Research Service, Bruce Vaughn, a specialist in Asian affairs, noted that Bangladesh has been largely successful in destabilizing Islamist militants since the widespread bombings that were carried out by JMB in 2005.
"Hundreds of JMB members, including key leaders, were arrested, and the leadership, including JMB founder Shaikh Abdur Rahman, were executed in the aftermath of the 2005 bombings," Mr. Vaughn said.
Sheikh Mohammed Belal, deputy chief of mission at the Bangladeshi Embassy in Washington, said law enforcement officials were in the process of extracting information from Rahman that could lead to further arrests.
He said "rightist political parties" in Bangladesh had tried to paint the government's campaign against extremist groups as an "anti-religious
A result is a result, maybe it is burn a foreign nation flag day, who knows