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| Singapore Border Guard Arrested for Syria 'Jihad' Plans |
| 2017-06-21 |
[AnNahar] A Moslem border security officer in Singapore has been tossed in the clinkYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! for planning to fight in Syria, officials said Tuesday. Muhammad Khairul bin Mohammed, 24, an unarmed traffic officer working at the crossing with Malaysia, was arrested under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement. The act allows for detention without trial for up to two years. "Through prolonged exposure to online materials on the Syrian conflict, Khairul perceived the Syrian conflict to be a 'holy war' in which he was prepared to die in battle as a 'martyr'," the statement said. "He developed the view that the conflict in Syria was a sectarian struggle between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, and being a Sunni Moslem, he wanted to fight against the Shi’ites in Syria by joining the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA)," the statement said. A colleague who knew of Khairul's plans has been put under a travel restriction order after failing to report him to superiors. Last week Singapore said it had arrested a young mother who wanted to marry an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group fighter in Syria. Largely ethnic Chinese Singapore, which has close security ties with the United States and has a large Moslem minority, considers itself a prime target for myrmidon attack. |
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