Word: azahari
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...Davao attack proves that terrorists are still out there, and as dangerous as ever. Despite the crackdown around Southeast Asia since late 2001, some very troubling characters remain at large, including Riduan Isamuddin, a.k.a. Hambali, JI's operational commander; Saifullah Yunos, a.k.a. Muklis, leader of a JI cell; and Azahari bin Husin, allegedly the man who designed the Bali bombs. And those are just the most wanted?a roster that doesn't include members of sleeper cells that may be lying in wait across the region. What's more, a U.S.-led war in Iraq could be a powerful rallying...
...Another big fish yet to be netted is Azahari, a British-educated lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in the southern state of Johor. Azahari, a central figure in JI, has been identified in confessions of other plotters as the designer of the Bali bombs. "Azahari is the one that the police are really worried about," says a senior Western diplomat in Kuala Lumpur. "He's the one who has been to Afghanistan, has the al-Qaeda connection and can build bombs. That's a frightening combination...
...Azahari acquired his explosives skills at al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s. He then returned home to Malaysia, police say, to set up JI cells. Azahari's technical prowess has made him invaluable: he wrote a 50-page bombmaking manual, a copy of which Indonesian police seized in a suspected bomber's house in Solo last December. In one of the chapters, Azahari recommends that potassium chloride be used with TNT to enhance the intensity of the blast, a characteristic of the main Bali bomb. Another chapter shows how to use a cell phone...