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...Agus Dwikarna, who was active in the Indonesian Mujahedin Council (MMI). A purportedly nonviolent political organization, the MMI was founded by Abubakar Ba'asyir--the Indonesian cleric also believed to be the spiritual leader of JI, which is run by Ba'asyir's former student Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali. In addition to his alleged links to scores of bank robberies and murders in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, Hambali is believed to have colluded with al-Qaeda since 1995. Western intelligence officials say he played host to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers during their trip to Malaysia...
...Despite the growing list of allegations against Abubakar and Hambali, Indonesian officials have been circumspect in dealing with Abubakar, who recently moved back to Indonesia after 15 years. (Hambali, who is wanted by police in Indonesia and Malaysia, has disappeared). Recently questioned by police, Abubakar was released after two days and continues to teach at his religious school in the town of Solo. In an interview with Time, the soft-spoken 63-year-old vigorously denies any connection with a terrorist network. "I am not advocating the overthrow of any government," Abubakar says. "What I want...
...These sources also say he was the mastermind behind a series of bombing missions around the region. In one example, Hambali sent a known associate, Malaysian Taufik Abdul Halim to Jakarta, where he was arrested on Aug. 1, 2001, after a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew off one of his legs. Last fall in Malaysia itself, Hambali instructed Yazid Sufaat, a former Malaysian army captain now under detention in Kuala Lumpur, to place an order for four tons of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that can be used as a bombmaking ingredient. The current whereabouts of the chemical remains...
...role of bombmaker was a surprising one for Yazid, who officials say was a minor figure in the Selangor branch of the KMM, a "runner" as one puts it. But Yazid flourished in the Jemaah Islamiah, rising to become Hambali's most trusted lieutenant. Hambali ordered Yazid to host the two hijackers who died in the Pentagon attack at his condo in Kuala Lumpur. Yazid has told his interrogators that he had no knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks but, one official says, he suspected the men who stayed at his apartment had some role in the attacks because "they...
...TIME: Do you know Riduan Isamuddin [better known as Hambali and now at large and wanted by the Malaysian police...