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...Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh has unambiguously chosen Washington's side in its war with al-Qaeda, arresting scores of al-Qaeda suspects - even, reportedly, bin Laden's youngest wife, 20-year-old Amal al-Saddah. But despite the crackdown, al-Qaeda elements have found support among tribal chieftains in more remote parts of Yemen, where they have taken shelter, and the government's ability to act against them has been limited. Indeed, it is the very weakness of the Yemeni state that makes it such an attractive base for bin Laden...
...Abdullah Gymnastiar is in the spotlight as usual, wireless mike in hand, dry-ice smoke swirling over the stage, his backing quartet ready to jump in on cue. His velvet baritone is caressing the crowd one moment with a few lines from a famous love song, dropping low to an intimate whisper the next, and then suddenly soaring, cracking with emotion to a near shout. All the while, his free hand is waving, gesturing, pointing and then is clasped to his chest in rapture. Indonesia's favorite preacher breaks into a bawdy grin as he jokes about the challenges facing...
...Indonesia: Abdullah Gymnastiar...
...Indonesia: Abdullah Gymnastiar...
...involved in the Afghan conflict. One of his alleged co-conspirators, Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, gave himself up Oct. 6 in Malaysia, where he was studying at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur. According to a Jordanian student at the university who asks to be identified only as "Abdullah," Bilal told him he had tried to enter Afghanistan but couldn't succeed once the U.S. bombing had begun...