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India Accuses British Rohingya Man as Al-Qaeda Terror Group Operative

2018-04-15

[RFA.ORG] A British Rohingya man has been charged with helping the al-Qaeda Death Eater group build its base in the Indian sub-continent, according to a charge sheet drawn up by India’s top counter terror agency. Suspect Samiun Rahman, 28, fought for al-Qaeda in Syria, then travelled to Bangladesh and India to recruit people to fight against alleged atrocities committed against Rohingya Moslems by Buddhist-majority Myanmar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in a charge sheet made public on Wednesday. Rahman served three years in prison in Bangladesh on related charges there before entering India in July 2017. He was incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in New Delhi in September last year. "After detailed investigation of Rahman’s online chats on several mobile applications and documents recovered from his laptop, it was revealed that he fought against the Syrian army from an al-Qaeda base in Syria. He was then sent to Bangladesh due to his knowledge of the local language and was assigned the task of establishing an al-Qaeda base in the Indian sub-continent," the NIA alleged. Rahman had served time in a London jail for a traffic violation before his first trip to Syria, the charge sheet said. "After his release, he went to Syria for the first time to help refugees and returned to London after almost two months. In 2013, he again went to Syria and subsequently, after establishing contact with an al-Qaeda operative, he traveled to Bangladesh to radicalize youths," the NIA said. India and Bangladesh are al-Qaeda’s prime targets for recruitment and terrorist plots besides the United States and Israel, Rahman told Sherlocks, according to the charge sheet. Al-Qaeda was trying to tap potential recruits in several states, particularly the disputed Moslem-majority region of Indian Kashmire, it added. Rahman was arrested in India’s capital last year on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities after he allegedly crossed into Indian territory from Bangladesh illegally, according to the charge sheet, accessed by BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.

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Bangladesh

Is Indian law enforcement using Bangladeshi ‘militant’ to vilify the Rohingya?

2017-09-25

[Dhaka Tribune] The September 17 arrest of Samiun Rahman ‐ a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin ‐ in east Delhi came a day before the government in New Delhi told the Supreme Court that the 40,000 Rohingya refugees in its territory constitute a national security threat. The government had submitted its plea in a sealed envelope to the court, so it is not definite whether Rahman’s case is included as evidence, according to a report by The Wire. Media reports have described him as "al-Qaeda’s key recruiter," although some other reports have been more circumspect, naming him only as a "suspected al-Qaeda Death Eater." Twenty-eight-year-old Rahman, whose family is still in London, had previously been incarcerated

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Bangladesh

How did militant Samiun leave the country?

2017-09-22

[Dhaka Tribune] Police are clueless as to how Samiun Rahman alias Ibne Hadan, the British krazed killer recruiter who was placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! in Dhaka three years ago, managed to get out of Bangladesh when his passport had been seized by police. The 31-year-old British citizen of Bangladesh origin, who received bail only in April this year, was arrested by Indian law enforcement authorities in Delhi on Sunday.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh Arrests Briton over 'IS Jihad Recruitment'

2014-09-30

[AnNahar] Bangladesh police said Monday they have tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! a British citizen suspected of entering the country to recruit gunnies for jihadist groups overseas such as the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... organization. Officers said Samiun Rahman, a 24-year-old Londoner of Bangladeshi origin, was picked up from a railway station in the capital around midnight on Sunday. "During primary interrogation, he told police he was staying in Bangladesh to recruit jihadists for the IS and Nusra brigade (an affiliate of Al-Qaeda)," Dhaka metropolitan police said in a statement. "He took part in fighting in Syria from September to December last year as a member of Nusra brigade," Dhaka police front man Masudur Rahman told AFP, adding that Rahman had traveled to Syria with a friend from Britannia. He said Rahman, alias Ibn Hamdan, planned to send Bangladeshi gunnies to Syria and also wanted to set up an Al-Qaeda network inside Bangladesh and neighboring Myanmar. Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri ... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is... announced plans earlier this month to launch a South Asian branch of the hard boy network. Just last week, two other suspected gunnies were arrested for allegedly attempting to set up an Al-Qaeda network in Bangladesh. Asif Adnan, 24, and Fazle Elahi Tanzil, 26, were members of the local Ansarullah Bangla Team, blamed for the murder last year of a blogger who was critical of Islam. Several banned Islamist hard boy groups operate in Bangladesh and have been blamed for a series of deadly attacks since the late 1990s. But none of them have been linked to Al-Qaeda. Rahman, dressed in a long robe, was paraded before the media at a police press briefing. Police said he was born in London. "He came here as he thought it was possible to send people from Bangladesh (to Syria)," said Dhaka police joint commissioner Monirul Islam.

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