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| | Terror in Southeast Asia --- Asia Pacific Media Service |
 | | Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani, GMIP, or the Islamic Mujahidin Movement of Patani, was formed in 1995 by Afghan war veteran Nasoree Saesaeng, and derives its name from an earlier group, at that time inactive, called the Gerakan Mujahidin Patani. |
 | | According to Thai sources, the GMIP is linked to the Malaysia-based militant organization Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, or the Mujahidin Group (or Association) of Malaysia, which, in turn, is believed to have close ties with the mainly Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiya. |
 | | The group was formed in 1989 from four smaller groups: BRN-Congress, PULO, the then GMP (now defunct) and Barisan Islam Pembebsan Patani, the now largely defunct Islamic Front for the Liberation of Patani. |
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