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A rchive Date
[ 21-04-2002 ]
Category
[ International Relations ]
sub-Categoy
[ Australia ]
      [http://canoe.ca/CNEWSAttack0204/21_australia-ap.html

      Terrorists training in Southeast Asia
      Sunday, April 21, 2002

      CANBERRA (AP) - There is evidence terrorists are being trained in some Southeast Asian countries, Australia's defence minister said Sunday, adding officials are working with the United States to stamp it out.

      "We think there is evidence of some communication and some training of terrorists across into our region, including Indonesia," Defence Minister Robert Hill told Seven Network television.

      Hill said Australia and the United States are exchanging information with Indonesian authorities on the movements of people who have suspected terrorist links. He did not give further details or list countries.

      Concerns about terrorism in Asia have grown after the arrest of dozens of suspected Muslim extremists in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.

      Recently, FBI director       Robert Mueller said the United States has clear evidence members of the al-Qaida network of accused terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden are operating in Asia.

      Also Sunday, Hill said the government expects the United States to allow Australian officials to question a man suspected of having links to al-Qaida after he is transferred to a U.S. prison camp in Cuba. Hill said       Mamdouh Habib was expected to be moved to Camp X-ray in Guantanamo Bay over the weekend.

      "Now that he has been returned to the United States' custody, we in fact believe we will have more ready access to him," Hill said. "We have found the United States to be co-operative in these matters."

      Habib is the second Australian being detained for allegedly training with bin Laden's terrorist group. Another man,       David Hicks, is already at Camp X-ray. Habib, a 46-year-old father of four, who also holds Egyptian nationality, was arrested in Pakistan in October and later transferred to Egyptian custody in an arrangement between Pakistan and Egypt. He was then moved a second time to Afghanistan where he was handed over to the U.S. military.

      Australian officials last week said U.S. authorities informed them Habib allegedly trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Habib's family in Sydney has denied he was involved with the terrorist organization.


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