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| Southeast Asia |
| Indonesian suicide bombers identified (KOMPAK members) |
| 2005-09-09 |
| Authorities have identified two of the 10 Indonesian suicide bombers who went to Mindanao middle of this year and are now scrambling to arrest them before they can carry out their missions. The bombers are members of the Indonesia-based Komite Penanggulungan Krisis (Kompak) which is allied with the Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. JI is linked to Osama bin Ladenâs Al Qaida terrorist network. National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said the information was confirmed by Enceng Kurnia, alias Arham, a member of the extremist Negara Islam Indonesia, who was arrested by police intelligence agents in Mindanao last June. âWe have, based on reports by Indonesian and local police intelligence agents, two Indonesian suicide bombers loose in the country. Of the 10 dispatched to carry out terror missions in Mindanao, six have been arrested, two are still on the loose while it is not known if two others are still in the country or have left for other places,â Gonzales said. Kurnia, Gonzales said, confirmed that he arranged the passage to the Philippines of Indonesian suicide bombers alias Ahmad Qildan and one Abu Nida. Both remained unaccounted for by the Indonesian and local police authorities. Both Ahman and Abu Nida have linked up with the Abu Sayyaf group in Mindanao. The Indonesians who had gone to Mindanao, aside from Ahmad, Nida and Kurnia, include Abdullah Sunata, head of Kompak, Igbal Husaini and alias Ramly/Adrian and Purnama Putra, both leading members of Kompak. Sunata, who was arrested in Jakarta last July 16, is a suspect in the Kuningan bombing and had been sent there by JI leader Umar Patek. Patek, who is believed to be based in Mindanao, sent 10 people to undergo terrorist training in the Philippines. Patek is a senior member of the JI regional terror group and one of the top suspects in the October 2002 Bali, Indonesia bombings which killed 202 people. He is believed to be still in the Philippines. The Indonesian National Police (Polri) arrested in June and July this year 24 Indonesian Islamic militants in various locations in Indonesia, seven of whom were later released. Among the 15 still in detention, at least four â Sunata, Kurnia, Husaini and Putra â admitted to have gone to Mindanao to undergo training or to escort new recruits for training. Gonzales said Sunata was arrested by the Polri for allegedly hiding Malaysian bomb experts Noordin Mohammad Top and Azahari Husin, both prime suspects in a series of bloody attacks in Indonesia. Noordin and Azahari are suspected of playing major roles in the Bali bombings, the August 2003 bomb blast at the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta and the suicide van bomb blast at the Australian embassy in that city in September. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Indonesian unconventional aggression. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-09 20:12 |