Word: arema
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...boat from Java's Sundra Strait to the town of Pekanbaru on the island of Sumatra. Samudra's name wasn't on the passenger list at the Kurnia bus company's office for the Nov. 21, 5:30 p.m. departure. But another name immediately jumped out at the police: Arema. It was a nickname commonly used by those from the East Java town of Malang...
...calling himself Arema, clad in a black shirt, jeans and a black baseball cap, sat quietly in window seat No. 25, waiting for the bus to roll onto the ferry. After visually confirming Samudra's identity with one of his bodyguards, two policemen climbed through the back door of the bus as it was about to leave, tapped Samudra gently on the shoulder and told him to come with them. The terrorist chief, wanted for years even before the Bali atrocity for his involvement in a series of bombings across Indonesia over Christmas 2000 which left 19 dead and scores...
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