Aknauta
01-10-2003, 01:57 PM
internationalheraldt ribune.com
Terror now seen as rooted in Asia
It would outlast Qaeda, Singapore says
JAKARTA Even if the United States is successful in dismantling Al Qaeda, radical Islamic groups in Southeast Asia will be capable of further terrorist acts like the recent one in Bali, the Singaporean government said Thursday.
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Some of these groups were around before Al Qaeda, and have local agendas, but their linkage with the organization headed by Osama bin Laden has made them more deadly, a government report said.
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‘‘With their radical agenda and their enhanced skills acquired from Al Qaeda, these groups, if left unchecked, will pose a grave threat to the security of Southeast Asia for a long time to come,’’ it said.
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Terror now seen as rooted in Asia
It would outlast Qaeda, Singapore says
JAKARTA Even if the United States is successful in dismantling Al Qaeda, radical Islamic groups in Southeast Asia will be capable of further terrorist acts like the recent one in Bali, the Singaporean government said Thursday.
.
Some of these groups were around before Al Qaeda, and have local agendas, but their linkage with the organization headed by Osama bin Laden has made them more deadly, a government report said.
.
‘‘With their radical agenda and their enhanced skills acquired from Al Qaeda, these groups, if left unchecked, will pose a grave threat to the security of Southeast Asia for a long time to come,’’ it said.
continued (http://www.iht.com/articles/82789.html)