A PARTIAL LIST OF 'ROHINGYA' TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES AND ACTIONS IN BANGLADESH AND VICINITY - this list contains incidents OUTSIDE

the borders of Burma or Arakan State

- From South Asia Terrorism Portal - catalogued by Rick Heizman

Bangladesh 2/1/2001 Bangladesh accuses Myanmarese refugees of smuggling arms

According to police sources, Myanmars Rohingya refugees are involved in the smuggling of arms and narcotics into their country and India. Three Rohingya militant leaders, including its army chief, Salimullah who were arrested in the country last week, established the groups links with armed militant groups in several countries in the region. According to the sources, bulk of the illegal trade in arms and narcotics passes through Teknaf, a township on the Bangladesh-Burma border,where most of an estimated 50,000 illegal Rohingya immigrants reside.

Pakistan 12/7/2001 US gives list of six more nuclear scientists to be probed for links with Al Qaeda
According to media reports of December 6, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of USA has given a list of six more nuclear scientists to the Pakistani government whom it wants to probe on suspicion of having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network or another group,the Ummah Reconstruction led by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmud, who is already under detention.The issue was reportedly discussed between President Pervez Musharaff and the CIA's Director John Tenet during the latter's recent visit to Pakistan. Media sources added that two of the six scientists, Suleiman Asad and Muhammad Ali Mukhtar are directly related to the country's nuclear programme, and have been working in the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) for last few years. Reports have indicated that currently, the two scientists are in Myanmar.

Bangladesh 8/28/2003 BDR destroys terrorist camp in Bandarban

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) reportedly destroyed a terrorist hideout in the forests of Naikhongchhari in Bandarban on August 27 and seized a shotgun, one.303 rifle, 74 bullets and unspecified sets of Army uniforms during the second round of an anti-crime operation in the area. The terrorists reportedly escaped following an encounter near their Lemuchhari hideout. Earlier, in a similar raid on August 26, a terrorist camp in the Bandarban forest area was destroyed and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports indicated that a group of 80 suspected terrorists,including 14 foreign nationals, were operating in the Boangchhari, Ruma and Sadar sub-districts. The foreign nationals of the group reportedly belong to Arakan Army, an insurgent group of Myanmar.

Pakistan 8/17/2004 Two Al Qaeda operatives arrested in Lahore

Security agencies in Lahore have reportedly arrested two more Al Qaeda suspects for their alleged involvement in a suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz. "Muhammad Shafiq and Abu Hamza have been arrested from a hideout in North Cantonment in Lahore," unnamed sources told Daily Times. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) activist Muhammad Adnan, who was arrested from Jauharabad near Khushab last week, is reported to have pointed out their hideout. Shafiq is suspected to be Taliban chief Mulla Mohammed Omars close aide while Hamza is an Al Qaeda operative from Myanmar.

Bangladesh 11/19/2004 100 Rohingya refugees injured in Cox Bazaar

According to the Daily Star, on November 18, over hundred Rohingya refugees and some police personnel were injured in a clash at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya sub-district in Cox Bazar district. According to the report, the clash erupted as police personnel attempted to rescue a police officer detained by the refugees.

Bangladesh 6/4/2005 Five bombs recovered in Kushtia

Police in the Kushtia district are reported to have recovered five powerful bombs and 20 bullets from Piyarpur in the Sadar sub-district on June 2. Meanwhile, New Age (Bangla) newspaper has reported that a group of non-government organisations (NGOs) campaigning against the use of illegal firearms in Bangladesh said that Rohingya camps in the Coxs Bazaar area had become a source of illegal arms for local criminals. The NGOs observed that four armed Rohingya groups operating in the area smuggled sophisticated firearms to the country and sold many of them to local

criminals.

Bangladesh 7/25/2005 26 Myanmar rebels arrested in a series of raids in July

Reuters has reported that the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel fought a series of gun battleswith Myanmar rebel groups and destroyed several camps in July. A senior BDR official said on July 24, "Twenty-six fugitive rebels from Myanmar, along with huge weapons and ammunition including 31 AK-47 rifles, were arrested during the raids." No Bangladeshi troops were injured in the encounters and casualty among the rebels too could not be ascertained. On July 23, a rebel camp was destroyed following an hour-long encounter at a forest near Naikkongchhari leading to the arrest of a rebel and the recovery of four anti-personnel mines and 16,000 rounds of ammunition.

Bangladesh 10/15/2005
Police arrested 20 Rohingyas, suspected to be linked to the Arakan Army, from Jubilee road area in Chittagong city when they were holding a meeting on October 13.

Bangladesh 10/24/2005 Home Ministry orders arrest of Rohingyas for crime in Bandarban district
The Bangladesh home ministry has recently issued an order to prepare a list of Rohingyas illegally living in the inaccessible hilly areas of the Bandarban district and to arrest those involved in criminal activities, according to Daily Star. The order said that a section of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh are involved in drugs and arms dealings as well as other criminal activities. The order sent to the offices of district commissioner, police super, and detective agencies, asked for the arrest of suspected Rohingyas to curb human and arms trafficking and other forms of crime.

Bangladesh 1/19/2006 Illegal arms and explosives recovered in Bandarban district

According to Daily Star, Army and border guards personnel on January 18 arrested three unidentified Myanmarese militants belonging to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) from Bhaginar Chhara area in Naikkhongchhari sub-district of Bandarban district and recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives. The cache included 7 kilograms of TNT, a M1A1 machinegun,an AK-47 rifle, one .303, four M16 rifles, a long-range rocket shell, 3,500 bullets and a 500-yard coil of wire used in explosive devices.

Bangladesh 5/19/2009 Four suspected JMB militants sent to prison in Kushtia

On May 18, four suspected cadres of the Jama''atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia, reports Daily Star. Meanwhile, JMBs explosives expert ''Boma'' Mizan told his interrogators that the outfit had close links with Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO),an insurgent group in the Arakan state of Myanmar. Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) interrogators told Daily Star that Mizan and some other JMB operatives received training from RSO arms experts in a camp near Myanmar border in 2002. In exchange for the firearms lessons, JMB trained Rohingyas to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Mizan also told that the Harkat-ul Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) too had strong linkages with the RSO.