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| 5 JI members busted in Sulawesi, 2 linked to Top |
| 2006-05-08 |
| Indonesian police are questioning five men arrested on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island over possible links to terrorism, officials said Monday. Central Sulawesi police chief Brig. Gen. Oegroseno said two of the five confessed they have links with Noordin M. Top, regarded as a key leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group Jamaah Islamiyah (JI). He said the five men were arrested by a special anti-terror unit late Friday in Tolitoli regency of Central Sulawesi province. They were being questioned in Palu, the capital of the province. "We will send them to Jakarta's national police headquarters for further investigation," said Oegroseno. He said the two who confessed said they helped Noordin hide from police in Semarang, Central Java. He declined to reveal their identity, but said they were food vendors who came from Java three months ago. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |