| Islam and the West | |
| 12 Sep 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| How the US Discovered the Maldives in the Aftermath of 9/11 | |
By Michael O Shea |
http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndWest_1.aspx?ArticleID=5461 | ||
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Monday, September 12, 2011
US officials wanted an interactive relationship with a government controlled for over two decades by President Maumoon Gayoom. After 24 years of his rule, the American diplomats knew almost nothing about him and his administration. Regardless, the US expected Maldives to enact anti-terrorism laws and sign an Article 98 agreement making Maldivian-US prisoner exchange procedures immune from the International Criminal Court. There was also the matter of Ibrahim Fauzee, a Maldivian terrorist suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay. In fact, Maldives has had a criminal code since 1968, which was updated in 1981. A broad anti-terrorism law had been ratified by President Gayoom in 1990. At the December 2002 meeting the Maldivians learned that access to Fawzy in Guantanamo was being granted. The US seemed keen to have Maldivian security officers question him. -- 
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