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...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 wounded, made no protest, leaving so quietly that most of the other passengers at the front of the bus didn't notice the bust...
...bribes to persuade some assemblymen to switch sides. A last-minute waiver of rules forbidding party defections allowed Jamali to scrape through on a single-vote majority. Although he has the dictator's backing, Jamali's government is expected to be hamstrung by opposition from anti-Musharraf parties. INDONESIA On the Case Police said they had captured the "mastermind" behind last month's Bali bombing in which at least 190 people died. Computer expert Imam Samudra, 35, confessed to choosing the nightclub as a target and leading planning meetings. He also confessed to a string of bomb attacks on churches...
...people were killed and 50 arrested, including eight foreigners. Soldiers found a large quantity of guns and grenades as well as a basement bomb factory. The operation seems to have been an attempt to head off violent protests that may be sparked by a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. INDONESIA Smiling Villain The chief suspect in the Bali bombing said he was "delighted" by the attack, according to Indonesia's police chief. General Da'i Bachtiar interrogated the laughing suspect, a 40-year-old car mechanic called Amrozi, in front of journalists - but behind glass doors. Amrozi admitted owning...
...from Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia in cash and electronic transfers. (Amrozi bought the van in East Java but paid in a combination of Malaysian ringgit and Singaporean dollars.) Police say at least five terrorist cells were involved in planning the attack, with members coming from four Southeast Asian nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines...
...Indonesia is now in the position of telling Thailand the dangers of overlooking warnings. Alleged Bali bombmaker Amrozi, known as Rozi in his hometown, was the local wild boy, riding a motorcycle and dropping out of high school. After spending about six years in Malaysia, he returned a changed man, dressed in the close-collared gamis and loose pants of an Islamic boarding school student, and started taking unexplained trips out of town. The Surabaya-based Jawa Post reports that Rozi did some boasting a few years ago, telling buddies he had been involved in the Christmas bombings in Jakarta...