International Herald Tribune, Friday, March 23, 2007
Indonesia's terror network dangerous, well-organized despite
arrests
The Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah is
well-organized and dangerous despite hundreds of arrests in recent years, national
police said Friday, after seizing a cache of weapons and bomb-making manuals in
central Indonesia.
Six alleged militants from the network were captured this week, including a man
identified as Mujadid, who has been accused of involvement in the deadly 2004
Australian Embassy bombings in the capital Jakarta, said spokesman Maj. Gen.
Sisno Adiwinoto.
Anti-terror police also seized more than a dozen weapons, explosives and
bomb-making documents Friday from the home of Aman Suryanto, a seventh suspect
who died on his way to the hospital following separate police raids on Java island, he
said.
"This group has a very good network with a very orderly working structure," Adiwinoto
told reporters.
Jemaah Islamiyah has been blamed for a string of terrorist attacks in Indonesia.
The 2002 twin nightclub bombings on Bali island, 2003 blasts at the J.W. Marriott
Hotel, 2004 bombings at the Australian Embassy and the 2005 restaurant bombings
on Bali together killed more than 240 people, many of them foreign tourists.
Abu Dujana is said to head the network and police hope the recent arrests will bring
them closer to the terror suspect, Adiwinoto said, adding police believe Dujana
ordered Suryanto to store the arms.
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