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Afghanistan/South Asia
Arrested Jihadi Emir, Maulana Abdul Jabbar, released
2004-08-08
The puppet show continues
Maulana Abdul Jabbar, chief of the banned militant organisation Khudam-ul-Furqan, has been released by security agencies after a long detention for the suicide attack on President Pervez Musharraf.
Spilled some beans, did he? Had something to trade?
"The security agencies after the completion of investigations released Mr Jabbar last week but restricted his movements throughout the country," sources told Daily Times on Friday. Jabbar was detained for the suicide attack on the president because the suicide bomber, Mohammad Jamil, had worked under his command when he was in the banned militant organisation Jaish e-Muhammad. Jabbar was arrested from Sargodha. He had been detained in Lahore before he was taken to Islamabad for further investigation. He had earlier been detained for attacking churches in Taxila and Murree.

Jabbar also served second-in-command to Maulana Masood Azhar in the Jaish e-Muhammad. He set up his own militant organisation after he developed differences with Azhar. He is the second prominent militant leader who has been released by the security agencies. Earlier, the security agencies had released Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, chief of the Muzaffarabad-based Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami.
Posted by:Paul Moloney

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