TT: He left the Muslimeen but he didn't become RC

A BOMB, bomb-making equipment, chemicals, machine guns, grenades, detonation wires, documents for an aircraft licence and anarchist literature were found at the home of a Muslim man with links to a fundamentalist group early yesterday morning.

Books on how to take control of a country in the absence of a government, 10 ways to kill a man and how to make bombs were also found at the Harding Place, Cocorite home of the 28-year-old man.

Intelligence officers from both the army and police say the man is suspected of being involved in "activities against the interest of the State". They could not say whether the man had any direct plans to use the weapons.

The two other suspects are a 30-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman.
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The man told investigators that he joined the Jamaat Al Muslimeen in 1988, two years before their attempted coup, but broke ranks with that organisation in 1998.

He told police he sometimes attends prayers at the Islamic Resource Society headed by Bilaal Abdullah. This was confirmed by that organisation yesterday.

The man, who works as a security guard, was a former member of the "Guards of Islam" of the Jamaat, and is said to have also unsuccessfully tried to join the army.
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The man, one of three people arrested at the house, told police that he got the weapons, chemicals and bomb-making equipment from someone in east Trinidad and that they were involved in training on how to use the weapons and in manufacturing bombs.

He said the items were recently brought into the country.

In January 2003, the Express had exclusively written about an Islamic group who claimed to be manufacturing chemical and biological weapons which they said they would use to attack those who were "persecuting Muslims".

In December 2002, information had leaked about plans by a Muslim group to attack British and American interests in Trinidad.
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Officers seized a MAC 11 sub-machine gun, 30 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades, gun powder, two night vision cameras, a pair of binoculars, scratch bombs, flare guns, iron pipes, a completed pipe-bomb, several tools such as pliers, spanners, wrenches and detonation wires and devices.

A container with several bottles of chemicals said to be explosive in nature were also found.
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Investigators said that the weapons and chemicals were "highly lethal" and the "operation appeared to be highly organised and coordinated".

Over the past week, three people were shot dead in Cocorite and, according to the police, yesterday's exercise was an attempt to crack down on some of the men who were in possession of illegal firearms in the area. The police also said that they had been paying special attention to the house where the bombs were found and, although describing yesterday's exercise as fruitful, they remained worried that there may be others with similar capabilities and know-how.

Why is it that when a man becomes a Muslim that learning to commit acts of terrorism is next on his agenda? What is it about Islam that takes a man and sets his mind on killing those who are not of his mindset? Why does murder seem so central to Islam?