[Ranger]

Yazid Sufaat was the microbiologist in Malaysia. His company was Green-something-or-other. He went to school and met his wife in Sacremento (Davis I think). He got the 20th hijacker into the country on a work visa. There were extensive and original research on him posted on FR in 2001 and 2003. I think he even was involved with a centrifuge type device for separating anthrax particles. He was captured in 2001 December I think or was it 2002? Anyway, his wife and father-in-law are muslim radicals and his in-laws have the bucks. Somebody on FR should pull the archived postings of Yazid Sufaat as this is going to be the anthrax connection, if there is in fact one IMHO.

[Ranger]

My recollection is that he also had a company that imported about 5 tons of explosive fertilizer ingredients. The Singapore bomb plots were uncovered but the explosives disappeared and later showed up in Indonesia where there was a partial recovery.

[piasa]

Plot to blow up four embassies revealed on Afghan video: SINGAPORE BOMB CONSPIRACY

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Yazid Sufaat, a US-trained chemist alleged to have hosted at least one al-Qaeda activist associated with the September 11 attacks during a visit to Kuala Lumpur, was ordered by Hambali to procure four tonnes of ammonium nitrate. He allegedly made the order through his company, Green Laboratory Medicine, and arranged for it to be stored at Muar, a quaint port town on Malaysia's west coast, according to Malaysian officials. However, Mr Yazid's lawyer, Saiful Izham Ramli denies the Singaporean allegations. "My client has nothing to do with al-Qaeda or any militant group. He was not involved at any level whatsoever in the September 11 attacks or any militant activities," he said.

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