Bangladesh: Thousands of Militants on the Prowl and on Jama'atul Mujahideen Payroll!
By Animesh Roul
In a startling revelation, a top ranking military commander of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, Mostafizur Rahman Shahin confessed during interrogation that about 5,000 cadres on monthly remuneration are operative across the country. Shahin also mentioned that the money for the Mujahideen comes from Bangladeshi expatriates settled in foreign countries, including the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Shahin, suspected to be involved in August 17, 2005 country wide serial bomb blasts, was arrested from his home in Gopalpur village, in Pabna on March 14 by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel. A huge number of leaflets, revolutionary books and letters were recovered from his house.
Though it is common knowledge that JMB has Ehsar (full-time) and volunteer members, the information about salaried militants will certainly raise eyebrows in counter-terror circles world-wide.
While the whole country is awating the execution of six top Islamic militants anytime in the coming fortnight, the anti-terror body RAB, along with police, have so far rounded up over fifty JMB militants from different places since March 01, expecting large-scale offensives from militants.
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