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...according to intelligence experts, the directive that started the entire chain of events was issued at a mid-January meeting in southern Thailand. It was there that Southeast Asia's most wanted man, Riduan Isamuddin, the alleged head of operations for Jemaah Islamiah, harangued a group of key deputies. Hambali, as he is known, was enraged at the thwarting of his plan for a series of huge truck-bomb attacks in Singapore. He ordered a major shift in strategy: instead of concentrating on political, diplomatic and military targets of the U.S. and its allies, Jemaah Islamiah was to turn...
...Jemaah Islamiah: Still a Danger Confessions of a Terrorist Hambali: Asia's Terror Kingpin
...Jemaah Islamiah: Still a Danger Confessions of a Terrorist Hambali: Asia's Terror Kingpin
...Jemaah Islamiah: Still a Danger Confessions of a Terrorist Hambali: Asia's Terror Kingpin
While intelligence officials have long believed that Hambali ran the day-to-day operations of JI, al-Faruq told the CIA that Ba'asyir was just as eager to work with al-Qaeda, even dispatching his aides to procure weapons and explosives for al-Faruq and his cronies. Last week Ba'asyir repeated his longstanding denial of connection with terrorist groups. "I don't have any link whatsoever with al-Qaeda," he told TIME, "but if al-Qaeda's struggle is for the best interest of Islam, I support...