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bassexpander
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 Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: 74 Islamic Terror Suspects Busted in Seoul Since 2003 |
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This is interesting, as I remember quite a few debates about some shady-looking characters in robes hanging out in Itaewon a few years ago. Then, within a very short time, they all but disappeared.
Maybe this is why:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/09/21/65/0301000000AEN20080921000500315F.HTML
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Seoul busts 74 Islamic terror suspects since 2003: document
혻혻 By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has detected a total of 74 foreign terror suspects, including those linked to al-Qaeda, over the past five years, according to a classified document of the National Intelligence Service that was made public by parliament on Sunday.
혻 혻 The document showed that the 74 foreign terror suspects were either arrested or expelled on 19 separate occasions since 2003 for engaging in various criminal activities, including plotting terror attacks, collection of intelligence on U.S. military troops here, drug trafficking and money laundering.
혻혻 In one case, eight agents of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization allegedly linked to al-Qaeda or the Taliban, were deported in October 2004 after being caught attempting to execute a terrorist attack on a foreign embassy in Seoul.
혻혻 Jemaah Islamiyah, which means Islamic congregation in Arabic, is reportedly dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia, incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei. The group was added to the United Nations list of terrorist organizations in 2002.
혻혻 Last October, three individuals from South Asian countries were forced to leave the country for collecting information on U.S. military troops stationed in South Korea, while another group of 10, also from South Asia, were arrested for attempting to carry out illegal foreign capital transactions valued at 40 billion won (US$33 million), said the document.
혻혻 Two individuals of Arab descent were arrested last July for trying to provide drug material to Afghanistan's Taliban via South Korea, while four other Arabs were caught in May of the same year for similar drug trafficking activities related to the Taliban, it said.
혻혻 South Korea has so far been considered a green zone safe from international terrorists. The report is the first time the nation's anti-terror agency has disclosed the secret operations of foreign terror suspects here.
혻혻 [email protected]
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tomwaits
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:54 am Post subject: |
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I was always surprised there were no terror attacks around Yongsan.
Maybe they use ROK as a cash cow---which that article suggests. |
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Scotticus
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| I love that these people are supposedly arrested for attempting terrorist attacks and their punishment is being deported. I thought actually entering into a material stage (as in gathering supplies and such) would maybe, just maybe, get them some prison time. Out of mind, out of sight, I guess. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| We'd better hope that Korea never becomes a serious target for Islamic terrorism because it sure wouldn't be hard to pull the wool over security's head here. I mean, if you can take box-cutter knives and metal chopsticks on a flight I wonder what you might be able to pull off on the ground before people clued in. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| tomwaits wrote: |
I was always surprised there were no terror attacks around Yongsan.
Maybe they use ROK as a cash cow---which that article suggests. |
Kim Jong-Il has ties to some bad people in the Middle East. His spies in South Korea are probably helping the terrorists. |
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matthews_world
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Man, wylies, sometimes your blanket statements are really taxing.
Kim Jung Il trains Taliban in Korean. They somehow arrive on Korean shores. They use their new skills to obtain info and the means necessary to wage attacks. Problem is, South Koreans pick out their strange dialects and immediately report them.
I guess it's more advantageous to be a nork female spy.  |
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CabbageTownRoyals
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:58 am Post subject: Re: 74 Islamic Terror Suspects Busted in Seoul Since 2003 |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
This is interesting, as I remember quite a few debates about some shady-looking characters in robes hanging out in Itaewon a few years ago. Then, within a very short time, they all but disappeared.
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You're kidding right? Apart from the ridiculous stereotyping, as if real terrorists would be stupid enough (and even have the time to hang around willy-nilly in Itaewan) to wear 'robes' as you call them. Rather than standing out like a sore thumb, any half-witted terrorist would at least make some attempt to merge as a common tourist/immigrant worker/expat. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: Re: 74 Islamic Terror Suspects Busted in Seoul Since 2003 |
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| CabbageTownRoyals wrote: |
| Rather than standing out like a sore thumb, any half-witted terrorist would at least make some attempt to merge as a common tourist/immigrant worker/expat. |
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/after_5_years_in_u_s_terrorist |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: Re: 74 Islamic Terror Suspects Busted in Seoul Since 2003 |
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| CabbageTownRoyals wrote: |
| bassexpander wrote: |
This is interesting, as I remember quite a few debates about some shady-looking characters in robes hanging out in Itaewon a few years ago. Then, within a very short time, they all but disappeared.
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You're kidding right? Apart from the ridiculous stereotyping, as if real terrorists would be stupid enough (and even have the time to hang around willy-nilly in Itaewan) to wear 'robes' as you call them. Rather than standing out like a sore thumb, any half-witted terrorist would at least make some attempt to merge as a common tourist/immigrant worker/expat. |
Nope. Not kidding in the least.
There were packs of 6 or more robe-wearers per group hanging out along the way to the army base, and sometimes making nasty remarks to US troops as they walked by. It's one of the main reasons why Itaewon installed lighting on the sidewalk, and along the back alley 4 years ago. I know. A reporter friend of mine from KBS invited me down there to "talk" about the new lighting on camera.
What are you trying to say? Al Queda members hide in a house 24 hours a day? Yeah, right. They're out spreading their beliefs.
Don't imply that I'm generalizing. Anyone can wear a robe and be good or bad. You're attempting to pigeon-hole me into some kind of racist corner in an attempt to avoid facing reality. The reality is that these Al Queda people who you say wouldn't wear a robe were attempting to influence every Moslem they could -- and it was probably working.
Trouble was brewing, and luckily, the troublemakers were deported en-mass before something happened.
After the deportations (which were really more of a decision by the local gov't not to renew visas to most DDD workers from certain countries), it was like a big weight had been lifted off of the Moslem community. Mostly really friendly folks were left. |
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GoldMember
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Wait a minute. If one of us plots to blow up an embassy, then as a punishment, the worst that will happen is deportation, BUT if you get caught with traces of weed in your system (even if consumed outside of Korea), they throw you in the slammer, or if little MinSu accuses you of touching her in the corner of a classroom, again, into the slammer.
So if facing a prison term probably the best defence in Korea is to say Allah Akbah, death to infidels and I love Osama, and then instead of prison you get deported. I think I'll change my name to Mr Al Kadeh. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
Man, wylies, sometimes your blanket statements are really taxing.
Kim Jung Il trains Taliban in Korean. They somehow arrive on Korean shores. They use their new skills to obtain info and the means necessary to wage attacks. Problem is, South Koreans pick out their strange dialects and immediately report them.
I guess it's more advantageous to be a nork female spy. |
I didn't say TRAINING them. But Kim Jong-Il has allies in the Middle East LIKE Syria. He did try to sell them nukes. So, he has ties to Middle easterners who hate the USA. Miss that one? Need a link?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202430.html
BTW, have you EVER seen any Muslims around US bases in Korea? The rest of us have seen them. Need a link? |
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