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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (10333)	12/26/1999 7:43:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Dipy Expresses sympathy to Maulana Masood Azhar who was the General Secretary of the Harkat-ul-Ansar, an organization banned by the United States as a terrorist outfit. To: Mohan Marette who wrote (10301) From: Dipy Saturday, Dec 25, 1999 6:28 PM ET Reply # of 10341 DIPY's note The man they want released has been held for five years. Detained without trial, almost certainly. And you idiots expect things to be just A-OK under such circumstances???? JPR's ref: ndtv.msnbc.com The government has confirmed that the hijackers, who are now widely believed to be Pakistani nationals, have demanded the release of Maulana Masood Azhar and four other Kashmiri separatist leaders. The hijackers haven't released the names of the other leaders, and agency reports suggest that they would only do so to the United Nations team. One of the hijackers has been identified as Masood's younger brother. Maulana Masood Azhar was the General Secretary of the Harkat-ul-Ansar, an organization banned by the United States as a terrorist outfit. He originally came into India, via Dhaka, in January 1994 reportedly holding a Portuguese passport & masquerading as a journalist. Maulana Masood, who is originally from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), was sent to Kashmir to coordinate the merger of splinter groups like the Harkat-ul-Mujahiddin and the Harkat-e-Jehad Islami into the new organization floated at that time, the Harkat-ul-Ansar. Masood Azhar, and his close associates Sajjad Afgani and Nassrullaj Langaryar, the three senior-most members of the Harkat-ul-Ansar, were arrested in Anantnag in Kashmir in 1994. The arrests had been a huge setback to the organization. According to intelligence reports these men had trained Mujahideen to fight against Russia in Afghanistan and had later masterminded operations in Tajikistan, Chechnya, Bosnia and other countries where they claimed Islam was in danger. The training camp of the Harkat outfit is close to Kandahar at Khost.