 Adviser to the ministry of foreign affairs Reaz Rahman said the government did not see a link between Jamaat-ul-Mujaheddin Bangladesh (JMB) and al-Qaeda. "We did not see a link between the groups and al-Qaeda," Rahman told the Washington Post during an interview Wednesday last.
| I don't, either. I think they were more inspired by the Taliban. |
"The members of organisations behind a wave of bombings last year were on the run. Still, it is a constant process and we cannot be complacent," Rahman was quoted as saying by the online edition of the Washington Post.
| They claim they've got most of them. But still we don't hear much about operations against HUJI, who're the main threat — and who're linked to al-Qaeda. |
Reaz Rahman visited Washington last week to try to allay concerns over latent Islamic militancy and to update officials on the arrests of radical leaders and their followers as political unrest continues in the country.
| Somehow I have my doubts many concerns were actually allayed. |
Last month, Bangladesh authorities arrested several leaders of Jamaat-ul-Mujaheddin Bangladesh and the Jagrata Muslim Janata group, including Siddiqul Islam, and rounded up 900 of their followers, Rahman said. The two movements were behind the August bombings in various districts of Bangladesh that killed more than two dozen people. |