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...retaliatory," says author Gunaratna. Following the last major campaign against the MILF in 2000, Salamat also gave an anguished call to would-be jihadis?and many welcomed his invitation. On Dec. 30, 2000, several bombs went off across Manila, killing 22 people and wounding more than 100. An Indonesian JI operative named Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi was eventually caught and convicted for possessing one ton of TNT. He confessed that his co-conspirator was Muklis, now viewed as the Philippines' most wanted terrorist...
...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...
...bule who want to know their adopted city better. And all the while it manages to avoid the exotic clich?s prevalent in most books on Indonesia. In fact, Jakarta Inside Out is cheekily stamped "Wayang Free," certifying that there are no representations?visual, metaphorical or otherwise?of the traditional Indonesian shadow puppets. Now that's something worth putting on your coffee table...
...billion was misspent by the Indonesian government in 2001 and 2002, according to its Supreme Audit Agency...
...Indonesia A "cessation of hostilities" accord signed by Jakarta and the insurgent Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in December has brought "demilitarization" to the long-troubled province. The rebels are supposed to turn in their weapons within five months while Indonesian troops pull back to "defensive positions." Civilian killings have dropped from a pre-accord average of 87 per month to an average of 12. Businesses are re-opening and foreign aid has begun to arrive. Still, international monitors have cited both sides for violating the accord. Chief Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the deal is on the "brink...