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October 10, 2001, Wednesday
A NATION CHALLENGED: GLOBAL LINKS; OTHER FRONTS SEEN
By TIM WEINER
Source: The New York Times
Abstract
US officials say terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden's network and based in
Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia are likely targets of future covert and
overt US action; say East Asian groups have expanded operations in recent
years, exchanging money, personnel, materiel and experience with bin Laden
organization and allies, and posing clear and present danger to US
institutions overseas; photo; map; groups thrive in instability of
predominantly Catholic Philippines and in Muslim Indonesia, scene of street
protests against US air strikes in Afghanistan; UN Amb John D Negroponte
advises Security Council of potential US action; high on US terrorist list
is Abu Sayyaf, which has battled Filipino army on Basilan and taken American
hostages--missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham, and Guillermo Sobero;
group, with ties to bin Laden organization, uses ransom money from
kidnappings in what it says is fight for separate Islamic nation; leader is
Abdujarak Abubakar Janjalani, Filipino Muslim who claims to have fought
Soviet forces in Afghanistan; Al Qaeda's links in Philippines include
International Islamic Relief Organization and Al Makdum university on
Mindanao, once run by bin Laden relative Mohammed Jalal Khalifa, who was
arrested by Saudis after Sept 11 attacks on US; similar armed groups, and
recent arrests, in Malyasia and Indonesia also noted (M)


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