Zaini Zakaria...almost famous
From the Associated Press, picked up:by MSNBC on Feb 10, 8:16 am ET (8.16pm Malaysia time):
A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States pulled out after observing the carnage of the first assaults, Southeast Asian officials said Friday. [...]President Bush on Thursday disclosed an alleged plot to hijack an airliner and fly it into a skyscraper in Los Angeles. He said cooperation between Washington and several Asian countries helped expose it.
Adding details to Bush’s outline, security officials and terrorism experts in Southeast Asia on Friday said Malaysian engineer Zaini Zakaria was among three men al-Qaida was preparing to take part in an attack on the U.S. West coast.Zaini, 38, traveled to al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan in 1999, where he met senior figures in the terrorist group, including Indonesian Riduan Isamuddin, or Hambali, a Malaysian security official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
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Hello brother Jeff,
Besides MSNBC maybe you can surf this website too:- http://www.linktv.org/mosaic/streamsArchive/index.php4
Posted by: Baiki Komputer RM 25![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jeffooi.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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February 11, 2006 02:42 AM
hi baiki komputer,
What exactly are you pointing us to in the link? Thanks.
Question for everyone, what is the best way for us to stop Malaysians from being involved in stuff like this? This is a serious, non-rhetorical question.
1. Should we ban everyone from a certain section of society from going to places like Pakistan, Afghanistan and so on?
2. Should we keep tabs on all those who DO go and return?
3. Should we keep tabs on them there?
All seem to be highly unsatisfactory, inefficient and even unconstitutional steps, but might be necessary in view of what goes on in those madrasahs. I mean, it seems to be more Bomb-Making 101 than Quranic verses if you know what I mean. I'd be interested to know what everyone thinks.
Posted by: hann![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jeffooi.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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February 11, 2006 06:32 AM
If someone publishes some cartoon, u banned them!
If someone goes to somewhere to learn about how to make bomb, u say it is their constitutional rights to travel and learn!
All in the name of religion!
A clear abuse of GOD!
Posted by: Kelvyn![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jeffooi.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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February 11, 2006 07:21 AM
Another nail into the proverbial coffin for Malaysia? I don't know if this country can recover from another revelation of "our" part towards world terrorism.
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February 11, 2006 12:24 PM
One bad malaysian doesn't mean all malaysian are bad.
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February 11, 2006 05:20 PM
Ah but eMalaysian, some here are prepared to crucify many Danes for the "sins" of a few.
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February 11, 2006 05:37 PM
hann:
This tragic state of afffairs has its roots in govt policy -- they sent thousands of ingrates using our taxpayers money and Petronas dollars overseas on Scholarships, even to mediocre ones with no academc merit, while others with superior qualifications have to resort to work first, study later.
What do you think would be the end result for people who have things handed to them on a gloden platter?
*Dr Chua Soi Lek gave figures that some 7oo such scholars "broke" their medical scholarships bonds to stay back oversea, incurrig RM700million from 20-30% of our harderaned money...? A few "brainy" ones like this one got recruted by the AlQaeda to do "jihad" ...while a young Malaysain at aged 12/13 (remember Chang Ti Meng?) who qualified for ivy League uni in US had to go around "begging" for money to finance his studeies there...
No wonder we don't have a Nobel Prize winner nyet 0-- but we can boast of several "bombers"...RIP, NegaraKu?
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February 11, 2006 07:58 PM
Desiderata, you always talk sense. Very good points there. So you think we should bar anyone wanting to do "religous studies" in Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan et al?
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February 12, 2006 02:06 AM