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...Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 servicemen. Syafullah, who intelligence sources say entered Indonesia on a forged U.S. passport, would have provided the critical bombmaking and operational experience needed for a relatively sophisticated operation like the one in Bali, which many experts argue was beyond the capacity of Jemaah Islamiah (JI). His presence would also provide the direct link to al-Qaeda that investigators have long suspected but been unable to prove...
...with grenades leave no doubt what this is: a training manual for an assault on a resort complex. The video, one of a batch of al-Qaeda tapes found outside Kabul this month, is a chilling reminder of the range of targets al-Qaeda and its proxies like Jemaah Islamiah are preparing to attack. With each new arrest?last week Indonesian investigators nabbed Bali bomber Imam Samudra while the U.S. announced it had apprehended al-Qaeda's Persian Gulf chief Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri?authorities learn more about how to thwart global terrorism. TIME consulted intelligence officials and security...
...southern Thailand, a key transshipment point for arms, drugs and women being forced into prostitution. In the past few weeks, southern Thailand has been rocked by a series of unexplained bombings that police and authorities in Bangkok have blamed on criminal disputes. Others see the hand of Jemaah Islamiah, which may be working with local groups seeking autonomy for the largely Muslim region...
...They say that the problems in the south are isolated cases, that the attacks are undertaken by criminals," says Rohan Gunaratna, author of a seminal study of al-Qaeda. "But they are making a fatal mistake. Jemaah Islamiah has infrastructure there, and there is no doubt that Phuket was considered on the list of targets before Bali. The Thais must act now or risk (having their own) Bali...
...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 in 2000, which have been blamed on Jemaah Islamiah. At the time, nobody paid any heed to Rozi. They should have...