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...fact, al-Qaeda's senior representative in Southeast Asia. Then came an even more shocking confession: according to the CIA document, al-Faruq said two senior al-Qaeda officials, Abu Zubaydah and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, had ordered him to "plan large-scale attacks against U.S. interests in Indonesia, Malaysia, [the] Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and Cambodia. In particular," the document continues, "[al-]Faruq prepared a plan to conduct simultaneous car/truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies in the region to take place on or near" the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Al-Faruq said that, despite...
...quell your fears of fire and brimstone and killer surf, Flores represents a gentle face of Indonesia. It's a perfect antidote for those bored with Bali and jittery about politically volatile Java. The friendly, predominantly Christian populace has remained free of the religious and tribal violence that has wracked the archipelago. Much of the island is postcard gorgeous. The mineral glitter of its beaches cedes to vertiginous mountains and the misty mysteries of half-hidden valleys. "Most visitors are surprised by the unspoiled beauty of Flores," says Koro. "And the people here have realized tourism is our only hope...
Finding them all will take time. The U.N. report, confirming intelligence assessments in Islamabad, suggests that al-Qaeda may be regrouping in Indonesia, where bin Laden has friends among radical Islamists. And though the Afghan training camps of al-Qaeda have been destroyed, perhaps 10,000 graduates of them are distributed in cities throughout the world. Nobody ever said that the war on terrorism would be over soon. But the enemy, says Gray, "is on the run--and we want to keep him on the run." --By Michael Elliott. With reporting by Anthony Davis and Phil Zabriskie/Kabul, Douglas Waller/Washington...
...INDONESIA Speaker Shut Up Akbar Tandjung, the speaker of Indonesia's parliament and leader of the country's second-largest political party, was convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail. Tandjung was convicted of using $5 million of state funds, earmarked for poverty relief, to finance the 1999 election campaigns of the Golkar party and the President at the time, B.J. Habibie. Although Tandjung said he will appeal, political analysts believe the conviction is likely to dent Tandjung's chances?and Golkar's?in the 2004 legislative and presidential elections...
...Union Carbide arising from a 1984 industrial disaster that has killed 20,000 people. The Indian government wanted the charge of culpable homicide against Warren Anderson, a U.S. citizen, to be reduced to negligence. But a judge argued that Anderson had not yet applied to have his charges reduced. INDONESIA Migrant Malaise Dozens of Indonesians have died while stranded in a refugee camp in Borneo after being ousted from Malaysia for working there illegally. Of the 25 deaths since the end of July in Nunukan, East Kalimantan province, 15 have been children under age five. The Indonesian Red Cross said...