Thursday, March 26, 2009

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Charity Worker, Orphanage Owner Hunted in Bangladesh For Running Islamic Terror Training Camp


Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:35 AM PDT



A British charity worker twice cleared of terror charges in this country is being

hunted in Bangladesh after explosives were seized at an orphanage he founded.


Security forces there claimed last night that the orphanage set up by Dr Faisal

Mostafa, from Stockport, was in fact an arms factory and terrorist training camp.


Mostafa ran Green Crescent, a charity that provided humanitarian aid to families in
Bangladesh and Pakistan.


The Charity Commission, which awarded it charity status in 2004, last night

launched an inquiry. Its chief executive, Andrew Hind, said: ‘The matter is of

serious concern to us.

’Mostafa, who has a PhD in chemistry from Manchester Polytechnic, was

known to security forces in Britain, having been cleared of conspiracy to

cause explosions with intent to endanger life at Birmingham Crown

Court in 2002.


Six years earlier, he had been cleared at Manchester Crown Court of

involvement in a bomb plot campaign .


In July last year he was caught at Manchester Airport trying to board a

plane to Bangladesh with a pistol and bullet parts in his luggage.The

father-of-three was given a suspended sentence. On Monday

Bangladeshi security forces raided the orphanage Mostafa set up and

the attached Muslim school on the remote island of Bhola in South

Bangladesh.


Lieutenant Colonel Munir Haque, from the Rapid Action Battalion, said:

‘We found amall arms about nine or 10 in total plus equipment to make

small arms, about 3,000 rounds of ammunition, two walkie-talkies, two

remote control devices and four sets of army uniforms.


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Rewards for Justice - $5 Million Offered For Baitullah Mehsud


Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:23 AM PDT



The U.S. Department of State has authorized a reward of up to $5 million

for information leading to the location, arrest, and/or conviction of

Baitullah Mehsud, the senior leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban (Taliban

Movement of Pakistan).


Mehsud is regarded as a key al-Qa’ida facilitator in the tribal areas of South

Waziristan in Pakistan. Pakistani authorities believe that the January 2007

suicide attack against the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad was staged

by militants loyal to Mehsud. Press reports also have linked Mehsud

to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

and the deaths of other innocent civilians.


In addition, Mehsud has stated his intention to attack the United States.

He has conducted cross-border attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan,

and poses a clear threat to American persons and interests in the region.


More information on Mehsud is available on the Rewards for Justice

website (www.rewardsforjustice.net/mehsud).

The United States is determined to bring Baitullah Mehsud to justice.

We encourage anyone with information on Mehsud’s location to contact

the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, any U.S. military commander,

or the Rewards for Justice staff via the website

(http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/), e-mail (RFJ@state.gov) or mail

(Rewards for Justice, Washington, DC 20520-0303, USA).

Government officials are not eligible for rewards based on information

furnished in the course of their official duties.


All information will be kept strictly confidential.


Since its inception in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Program has paid

more than $80 million to more than 50 persons who have provided

credible information that has resulted in the capture or death of

terrorists or prevented acts of international terrorism.


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North Korea Moves Rocket To Launchpad


Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:22 PM PDT



North Korea is loading a Taepodong rocket in anticipation of the launch

of a communications satellite next month, US officials said.

Regional powers, however, worry that the claim is a cover for the

launch of a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska.

In 1998 North Korea faked a satellite launch to cloak a missile

development test.


The US National Intelligence Director, Dennis Blair, said this month

that all the indications were that Pyongyang would, in fact, launch a

satellite. South Korea, America and Japan have urged North Korea to

refrain from going ahead with the launch, expected to take place

between April 4 and 8, calling it a violation of a UN Security Council

resolution barring the country from ballistic activity.


In 2006 North Korea launched a Taepodong2 long-range missile that

blew up less than a minute into flight

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