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2003-07-12 Southeast Asia

Indonesia Arrests Seven JI Terror Suspects

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-07-12 4:35:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Man - this article just screams out for annotation / commentary! BIG ending!

Posted by PD 2003-7-12 5:31:20 AM|| 2003-7-12 5:31:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Death penalty.

This type of story is just scary to Aussies. And who knows how many are still hiding out in Australia!

Posted by Anon1 2003-7-12 5:37:09 AM|| 2003-7-12 5:37:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry Fred, I just noticed that this was already posted yesterday, you can delete it if you want.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-7-12 6:47:38 AM|| 2003-7-12 6:47:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The terrorist suspected of planning the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians, is believed to be hiding in Bangkok, reports said today.
A senior national security official speaking on condition of anonymity said that Indonesian Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, is being helped by nine Thai Muslim militants, the same men who smuggled him into the country in February 2002 when Hambali and several others plotted the Bali bombings.
Hambali is believed to be the link between the Muslim extremist group, Jemaah Islamiah, and the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
The unnamed security adviser said the nine men helping Hambali were in touch with Muslim extremists in Malaysia and Indonesia, and were based in three of Thailand's five predominately southern provinces. He said their leader is a Muslim cleric.
"It's hard for Thai authorities to crush them because there is no evidence and if authorities arrest them without evidence there will be serious repercussions because all nine are religious leaders running religious schools," the security official said as quoted by the Nation newspaper.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-7-12 7:00:28 AM|| 2003-7-12 7:00:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Paul - it summarizes both the arrests. I've got to admit that I'm really surprised that the Indonesians are cracking down on them as hard as they seem to be -- we'll be able to tell if it's for real when the sentences start coming in. Given the repeated cynical denials of the existence of JI by Hamza Haz and the overt support for Laskar Jihad, I was sure the "crackdown" would fizzle quickly.

Posted by Fred 2003-7-12 10:03:25 AM|| 2003-7-12 10:03:25 AM|| Front Page Top

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