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Score of former jihad warriors edge to Poso, says official
Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Score of former (former??) jihad warriors on board different small boats have reportedly left Surabaya in East Java for the religiously-divided Poso town in Central Sulawesi, and are expected to enter Makassar waters in South Sulawesi on Wednesday.Information collected by ANTARA here in the past few days indicated that the former jihad warriors were led by Jarot alias Abu Haedar, Irfan, Zulkarnain, Yulianto, Suwondo and Iswanto from Yogyakarta and Solo in Central Java. That's an impressive list of aliases.
To anticipate the entry of the former jihad warriors into Poso through Makassar and its vicinity, the security personnel continued to guard several strategic ports in South Sulawesi such as Bajoe, Waerange, Palopo, and Parepare. Meanwhile, spokesman of Wirabuana Military Command, Let Col Inf Amsal confirmed here on Wednesday that the information was true. Except they didn't. "There is such an information but the police and military personnel are still investigating its truth," Amsal said, adding that if the information was proven to be true, the military would support the police to take action against warriors. He pointed out that in response to Central Sulawesi Police request to maintain security in Poso, Wirabuana Military Command had sent some 200 soldiers there to prevent the disturbance group from entering the area. But Makassar`s Naval Base VI deputy commander Col Uus Kustiwa said he had no information about the movement of the former jihad warriors towards Poso through the sea lane. "We have yet to receive intelligence report on the movement of the former jihad warriors towards Poso," Uus Kustiwa said, adding that he would gather the information and coordinate it with Wirabuana Military Command. Posted by: phil_b 2007-01-31 |
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