MALE (Reuters) – A propaganda video shot inside a radical Maldives mosque and posted on the Internet has raised fears that al Qaeda is gaining a foothold in the Indian Ocean tourist paradise.
The video was recorded at the Dhar-al-Khuir mosque on the remote Himandhoo island in the hours before it was raided on October 6 as part of an investigation into a September bomb blast in the capital Male. Read more »
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To be read in continuation of my earlier paper of November 11, 2007, titled “MALDIVES: SEQUEL TO MALE EXPLOSION—AN UPDATE” available at http://www.saag.org/papers25/paper2452.html)
The “Threats Watch”, a well-known US group, which, inter alia, closely monitors the various Internet sites known to be or suspected to be associated with Al Qaeda and disseminates its observations, has carried an alert titled ” Ansar Al Mujahideen Targets the Maldives” .The text of the Alert is available at http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2007/11/ansar-almujahideen-targets-the/. It is reproduced below:
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