Left-Extremist Endeavours

3.4 "Arabian Mujahiddin" (Fighters for Allah’s
Cause)
Also the Federal Republic of Germany is home to people from the
Near and Middle East and from North Africa, who are tied into the
international network of "Arabian Mujahiddin" and who, for the
major part, were trained in training camps in Afghanistan or
Pakistan and took part in combat operations as part of the international
Jihad, e.g. in recent times in Bosnia-Herzegovina or
Chechnya. In instances it has been possible to obtain information
about relations with the organization "Al-Qaida" ("The Basis") of
the Saudi-Arabian multimillionaire Usama BIN LADEN. The latter is
the presumed wirepuller behind the bomb attacks on the U.S.
Embassies in Nairobi (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) on
7 August 1998.
"Arabian Mujahiddin" try to recruit young Muslims of varying origin
for religious and/or military training in Afghanistan. The organization
of training events and the transfer are in most cases
arranged through bases in Pakistan. Those who have
successfully completed such training courses are planned to take
part in combat operations (e.g. in Kashmir or Chechnya), or
return to their home countries to serve as multipliers passing on
their acquired knowledge. Recruitment attempts are also being
made in Germany. During the Bosnia conflict and the Kosovo
war, "Arabian Mujahiddin" smuggled volunteers into the affected
areas for the conduct of the Jihad.
In support of their activities, "Arabian Mujahiddin" obviously can
rely on the organizational apparatus of various Islamic "non-governmental
organizations" (NGOs). Several Islamic NGOs are
known whose regional representatives employ, or support, Mujahiddin.
In this way, there are many and various opportunities for
camouflaging travels, money transfers and courier services as
part of the regular work of relief organizations. Often Mujahiddin
also use false or forged identity documents in order to be able to
move freely in Europe or as a prerequisite for obtaining a residence
title.
4. Iranians
The efforts of the Iranian State President Khatami to bring about
some tentative liberalization of the political and social life in Iran,
and the opposition to this by conservative circles around the
revolutionary leader KHAMENEI were clearly mirrored by the activities
of Iranian dissidents in Germany, which showed a marked
increase as compared to previous years. Especially the killing of
intellectuals by members of the Iranian secret service, the ban on
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