Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala appears to be fast turning into a god-send state for terrorists . The training camp held by outlawed SIMI in the tourist haven of Vagamon in Idukki district in December 2007 seems to have gone unnoticed by police and intelligence agencies in Kerala until after the arrest of a couple of hardline jihadi cadres in Karnataka in January 2008.

A case in connection with the holding of the camp, which saw attendance of over 40 hardline jihadi cadres, was registered at the Mundakkayam police station only on June 19, 2008, more than 7 months after it was held. And that was all. Investigation into the case is yet to make any headway. The case was later transferred to the Crime Detachment unit for a more thorough probe.

The FIR under various sections of the IPC, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act was registered on a complaint made by the intelligence wing. “We put in the charges as soon as the matter was reported to us,'’ sources in the police department said.

According to highly placed sources, the camp came to the notice of the police after the arrest of Riyazuddin Nasser, a Pakistantrained terrorist in Davengere in Karnataka in end January 2008. His interrogation led police to the arrest of SIMI leaders, including Safdar Nagori in Indore and to Vagamon. But all they found in Vagamon were some freshly painted logos of SIMI on a rocky surface in Thangalpura.

Sources claimed that training in sophisticated arms was given to the participants, a charge now confirmed by the Gujarat police too.

But there is more to the story. At least two of those who attended the Vagamon camp - Shaduli and Ansar Moulavi- had been arrested by Kerala police on August 15, 2006 for holding a meeting in Binanipuram in Alwaye near Kochi.

Though about 18 men took part in the meeting, Kerala police mysteriously arrested only 5 and let off the rest after making one of them the complainant in the case. Even those arrested got bail a few days later. Though fingers are being pointed at the role of some senior officers who are said to have enabled watering down of the case, the state is yet to nail them.

“We are inquiring into the matter,'’ state Home Secretary K J Mathew told TOI.

If these seem farfetched, then confirmation of heightened terror activities in the state came from none other than Chief Minister VS Achutanandan.

Delivering the Independence Day speech on August 15, VS said terrorists were working “covertly and visibly’ ‘ in Kerala, something which security analysts have been saying for years.

They point to the increasing Wahabi influence in the northern districts like Malappuram and Kozhikode where radical groups with steady support from countries like Saudi Arabia are making their voices heard.

In Malappuram for instance, Chekanoor Moulavi, an Islamist reformist scholar was abducted from his home and murdered by some persons following “ideological differences ” in 1993. The main accused is still believed to be hiding in the Gulf. In Malappuram , Palakkad and Thrissur, at least four murders in the late 1990s were traced to the banned Al Umma. The frightening fact is all of them were from another community and were alleged to have had relations with Muslim women. Then there was the ISS. Though defunct , its founder Abdul Nasser Madani acquitted in the Coimbatore blasts case, later floated the People’s Democratic Party. The latest to make its presence is the National Democratic Front (NDF) which claims to be a socio-cultural outfit.

Another lethal factor has been the influx of hawala money. In July 2007, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the state assembly that hawala transactions worth an estimated Rs 10,000 crore were taking place in Kerala every year. Intelligence agencies say a good chunk of this goes to spreading fanaticism.

Pavagadh training ground for terrorists

Vadodara: The rugged forests of Pavagadh hill are a haven for trekkers, rock-climbers and camping enthusiasts. But these dense forests are in the focus after Gujarat police stated that a training camp was organized here for SIMI activists of the Safdar Nagori faction. The camp, held for three days in January, provided SIMI activists training in rock climbing, jumping over hurdles, using ropes to jump from one place to another and a series of similar exercises. Nagori, the SIMI general secretary now in a Mumbai prison after being arrested near Indore, was present during the training camp and motivated the group of 15. It is believed that four youths from Vadodara - Mohammed Usman Mohammed Anis Agarbattiwala, Imran Ibrahim Sheikh, Iqbal Kasim Sheikh and Qayamuddin alias Abdul Kadir Kapadiya - attended the camp.

While Usman, Imran and Iqbal have been arrested, Kapadiya is still at large. He has been missing ever since his name cropped up as a SIMI operative after the arrests of 13 persons including Nagori from Indore. “Nagori motivated those present at the camp. Besides physical training, the youths were also given training in firearms and escaping from a spot after committing a crime,” said Vadodara police commissioner Rakesh Asthana. Sajid Mansoori from Surat, who was staying in Vadodara when the camp was held, is also believed to have played a key role in organizing the camp. Mansoori, who has been arrested, came to Vadodara in 2004 and stayed here till June 25, 2008. Asthana said the youths had used tents and camped in the jungle for three days. “The camp was also attended by activists from outside the state. It was held after the SIMI camp in Ernakulam in Kerala in which 30 to 35 youths had participated. Persons from Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Surat had also attended the Ernakulam camp,” said Asthana. TNN

Kozhikod e: Questions were raised on the Centre’s ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at a seminar on ‘SIMI ban - facts in black and white’ organised by the Minority Rights Watch (MRW), a self-styled human rights organisation, at Nalanda Auditorium here on Friday. One of the key speakers was Ajit Sahi, editor-at-large, Tehelka magazine.

Inaugurating the seminar, National Development Front (NDF) supreme council member and Thejas editor P. Koya said it was unfair to ban SIMI since it activists had done no terrorist activities. The Centre banned SIMI on the basis of inputs received from the U.S. and Israel.

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* Kerala becomes a centre for Islamic terror apologetic strategy.

* That “Ajit Sahi, editor-at-large, Tehelka magazine” has been the key-speaker does not surprise anybody, as it is just like Arundhathi Roy supporting such terrorists openly.

* Suddenly one “Popular Front of India” has come and the Muslims wearing army uniform marching on the roads, as if they are the protectors of India. Why not then they could not have prevented bombings?

* Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lallu, and others have been extending tacit support to SIMI, just like DK-DMK-MDMK-PMK etc, supporting LTTE. It is unfortunate that these Indin politicians aid and abet the terrorists, just for money.

* Because of this only, the judicial processes are also thwarted many times.

KOLLAM: The three Afghan nationals who were taken into custody on August 6 from a hotel at Kundara on charges of violating the Foreigners Act were released late on Thursday night.

The release of Mehboob Khan, Neek Mohammed and Mukesh Kumar, who remained in police custody for 16 days, followed a clearance from the RAW. They are now staying in a hotel near Kundara as they await air tickets to New Delhi.

* The concentration of gulf and north-west Mohammedans staying at Kerala, roaming as Shaikhs and other categories have to be checked thoroughly.

* Though agencies like RAW are watching their movements, that they could not stop the bombing terrorism proves that there has been slackness on their part.

* The recent allowing of an American national under pressure from American sleuths has been also raises many questions?

Gwalior: Police is looking for a person who opened the site “Al-Jihad” at a cyber- cafe in the city on August 13 and when the owner of the cafe saw it, he suddenly closed the site and disappeared.

The cyber-cafe owner, who informed the police, said that the person had closed the site but forgot to sign out from the mail box.

Police reached the spot and opened the inbox and found that it contained mails received from different countries, including Dubai.

Police handed over the matter to the Special Task Force in view of its seriousness. — PTI
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1. As already observed, the “jihadi terrorists” have been now computer savvy.

2. Engineers, doctors and professional Muslims become terrorists and other businessmen and industrialists supply money and materials.

3. Brain-washed Muslims carry out orders.

4. Sane Muslims keep quite.

5. Good Muslims are threatened to keep quite.

6. Thus, jihad succeeds!

“Faces of Terrorism in India Written by Sanjiv
http://indiainteracts.com/members/2008/08/22/Faces-of-Terrorism-in-India/

The media and and law inforcement agencies’ onslaught with assumptions and deliberate repetitions of Muslim names after each terror attack in India made a penetration into common hearts and it ultimately implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty in the country.

In India, the terrorists in Kashmir are Muslims. But they are one of several terrorist groups operating in the country.

The Punjab terrorists are Sikhs. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is a Hindu terrorist group. Tripura has a history of rise and fall of several terrorist groups, and so have Bodo terrorists groups, mostly Christians which killed hundreds of Muslims in 1993 for autonomy, some of them are now in Assam’s Tarun Gogoi’s cabinet as ministers. Christian Mizos mounted an insurrection for decades, and Christian Nagas and Manipuris are still heading militant groups. They have bombed trains, assassinated hundreds of innocent men, women and children. This year they called a boycott in at least five states out of seven northeastern states of India to disrupt 15th August (Independence Day) celebrations of India.

http://www.twocircles.net/2008aug21/faces_terrorism_india.html

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So Sanjay, can you reply whether the so-called non-Muslims as mentioned by you are acting like Muslims?

Particularly, the ULAF terrorists have been acting as “Hindu-terrorists” or Islamic terrorists?

When and where “Hindu-terrorists” bombed like “Islamic terrorists”?

New Delhi: From Hyderabad to Jaipur to Ahemdabad, terror in India is now getting identified with one name: Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

Founded in 1977 in Aligarh by a US-returned professor, SIMI was to be a students’ front. Now in affidavit by the Union Government in Supreme Court, SIMI is being called as the fountainhead of terror in the country.

The Government is making it clear that it SIMI is responsible for blasts in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Malegaon and Bombay

It has managed to evolve as a militant organisation by launching several frontal groups like..Tahreek-e-Ehyaa-e-Ummat (TEU), Tehreek-Talaba-e-Arabia (TTA), Tehrik Tahaffuz-e-Sha’aire Islam (TTSI) and Wahadat-e-Islami

For the first time, the Government is accusing them of using Muslim festivals through the year to collect funds for Jihad. They have also been charged of vitiating the communal atmosphere of the country

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court, citing the involvement of SIMI cadres in the recent bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, seeking to continue the ban on the organisation.

The court on August 6 stayed an order passed by the Special Tribunal, set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, quashing the Centre’s February 7 notification banning the Students Islamic Movement of India. As the tribunal order has been stayed for three weeks, the matter is listed for further hearing on August 25.

In its affidavit, the Centre said investigations revealed that the accused in the bomb blasts in Ahmedabad and Surat on July 26 were members of the SIMI. Some of the accused were earlier arrested in 2001. This information was recently made available to the Centre by the Gujarat Government.

Annexing the depositions made by witnesses, the Centre said intelligence sources and secret surveillance by the police made it clear that the accused had nexus with international terrorist outfits. Further, these persons were persistently involved in more than one offence or other unlawful activities and the nature of activities indulged in by the outfit would show secessionist tendencies and the potential damage to the secular fabric of society.

Annexing a list of over 350 terrorist-related cases registered in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal since 2001 and the arrest of over 1,400 SIMI cadres, the Centre said that despite the ban, the outfit had continued with its activities and managed to keep its network alive clandestinely. The organisation was revived through the front outfits, Tahreek-e-Ehyaa-e-Ummat, Tehreek-Talaba-e-Arabia, Tehrik Tahaffuz-e-Sha`aire Islam and Wahadat-e-Islami.

The Centre said the confessional statements of some of the accused revealed that the cadres had secret meetings to mobilise Muslim youth to spread jihad in the entire Indian subcontinent especially in Gujarat, and that they had planned to wage a war against India by indoctrinating and training Muslim youth in the use of arms and ammunition.

First of all the Indian politicians supporting Islamic terrorists should be booked for their aiding and abetting.