News reports of the first Malaysian suicide bomber in Iraq shocked the nation last month. What compelled Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki, a quiet 26-year-old factory worker, and others like him to embrace extremist ideologies? We ask foreign policy and security studies expert Elina Noor whether Malaysia is a thriving recruitment and training hub for terrorist organizations.

<p>News reports of the first Malaysian suicide bomber in Iraq shocked the nation last month. What compelled Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki, a quiet 26-year-old factory worker, and others like him to embrace extremist ideologies? We ask foreign policy and security studies expert Elina Noor whether Malaysia is a thriving recruitment and training hub for terrorist organizations.</p>

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