You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Southeast Asia
Brunei Arrests Indonesian with 'IS Flag, Bullets'
2015-05-08
[AnNahar] Brunei has tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
 an Indonesian man en route to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 after authorities found bullets and what appeared to be 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (IS) group flag in his luggage, Indonesian officials said Thursday.
"Say, looky here, Mohammed: I'm not sure, but I think these are some of your suspicious items, the kind that when we see them we're supposed to do a really, really thorough search."
"Why, I do believe you're right, Mahmoud. We'll need to pull him and his baggages into that little room over there. Send for the search crew, the barrel of #4 mustache wax, and a #17 truncheon. This is specialized work, this is -- could take hours."
"If you would just quietly walk this way, sir. I'm sure we'll have this little misunderstanding cleared up in a jiffy."
Rustawi Tomo Kabul, 63, was detained on Saturday in transit at Brunei airport after arriving from Indonesia, and claimed to be going on pilgrimage with a group from his home country, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said.

"The man was detained because of suspicious things found in his luggage, such as bullets and what looked similar to an ISIS flag," said foreign ministry front man Arrmanatha Nasir, using an alternative name for IS.

Indonesian newspaper Kompas reported that he was also carrying explosives.

Police were cited in the paper as saying that it was not clear how Kabul, from East Java, managed to pass undetected through airport security in Indonesia.
I'm sure several well-placed, mid-size bribes had nothing to do with it.
Kabul was initially detained with two others, who were subsequently released and allowed to continue their journey, foreign ministry official Lalu Muhamad Iqbal said.

The Indonesian is due to appear in court on May 11, he added.
That's fast.
Hundreds of Indonesians are feared to have headed to the Middle East to join IS, which has captured vast swathes of land in Iraq and Syria.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Moslem-majority country and has long struggled with extremism, although most Indonesians practice a moderate form of Islam.
Posted by:trailing wife

00:00