IDD Roundup v.081905

No Gung Hay Fat Choy for Muslims in China. Sect banned. 179 IDD's get thrown in the hoosegow.


US ships attacked in Jordan:

"It reminds you almost of the Cole attack," said Mark Ginsberg, a former U.S. ambassador, referring to the October 2000 attack on the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Cole.

"From press reports, it appears it was Syrians and two Iraqis with a Kuwaiti license plate that had these rockets," Ginsberg told FOX News. "Where do you get these rockets in the Middle East? From Hezbollah (search) or Iran. The Iranians are the biggest supplier of these rockets to Hezbollah."

Bangladesh Follow Up: From Arabnews.net

"Fifty swift arrests, presumably of individuals known to have had links with Jamatul Mujahedeen before it was banned, may help the security forces to break this terrorist cell quickly before it became more proficient and deadly. It must, however, be assumed that the perpetrators fully expected a rapid police dragnet and made preparations.

It is also a puzzling matter as to why an organization such as Jamatul Mujahedeen would mount such a spectacularly big assault with such relatively low deadliness. Could it be that the real targets were not the innocent Bangladeshis caught in the blasts but the higher echelons of Al-Qaeda leadership? Was this in fact an attempt to prove to Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts that Bangladesh now has a homegrown terrorist group worthy of their support and training?"

Bangladeshi stage more raids.

Whoever did this made a big statement. It shows how fragile the security situation is here -Brigadier Gen Shakawat Hossain, Security analyst

In the capital, hundreds of people formed human chains yesterday and took to the streets in protest against the attacks