Maldives based al-Qa,ida associates plan to create a terrorist group in the Maldives – WikiLeaks

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has leaked a cable saying that Maldives based al-Qa,ida associates are planning to create a terrorist group in the Maldives.

The leaked cable said that the Maldives Police Service are investigating and monitoring the activities of the alleged Maldives-based al-Qa,ida associates Yoosuf Izadhy, Easa Ali, and Hasnain Abdullah Hameedh (a.k.a. Hameed).
The leak said that Izadhy was reportedly in contact with a militant group in Waziristan of Pakistan, which allegedly maintained unspecified links to al-Qa,ida.
“Izadhy was clandestinely working to recruit others into his organization, specifically seeking individuals who had undergone basic terrorism training in Pakistan. Izadhy planned to create a terrorist group in the Maldives with the assistance of the Waziristan-based group. Izadhy planned to send his members to Waziristan for training,” the leaked cable said.
According to WikiLeaks, the alleged al-Qa,ida associate Hameedh was in close contact with a number of individuals who had undergone training in  Pakistan, including individuals who were members of Jamaat-ul Muslimeen and completed basic and advanced training by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) in Pakistan. The controversial website said that they followed the ideology of Abu Easa.
“DS/TIA/ITA notes, while the operational aspirations of Yoosuf Izadhy Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) number 17312323), Easa Ali (TIDE number 17312652), and Hasnain Abdullah Hameedh (TIDE number 20686145) are unclear; past reporting suggests Maldivian extremists have demonstrated interest in actively participating in global jihadi activities by attempting to arrange travel and terrorist training in Pakistan. While many Maldivian participants of extremist online forums aimed to ultimately fight Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, mid-October 2007 debrief information following the September 29 bombing in Male that targeted tourists indicates at least two of the operatives participated in the attack in exchange for travel from the islands after the operation and arranged study at a madrassa in Pakistan,” said the leaked cable.
WikiLeaks said that although pecific links to al-Qa,ida remain unclear; reporting from May detailed recruitment activity by Maldivian national Ahmed Zaki of Maldivians into the Kashmiri extremist group LT madrassas and training camps in Pakistan.
“A variety of reports from 2006 details linkages between Maldivians belonging to a group known as Jama-ah-tul-Muslimeen (JTM) and individuals participating in an anti-American Islamic extremist online forum called Tibyan Publications. JTM is an extremist group based in the UK that follows an extremist ideology known as Takfiir that actively encourages violent jihad and supports criminality against apostate states,” the cable said.
Meanwhile, Yusuf Izadhy was among the nine Maldivians who were arrested while carrying weapons near the Pakistani-Afghan border.