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...Amrozi was a man with strong ties to Islamic radicals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. His eldest brother co-founded the village's religious school, which then forged connections with an institution originated by Abubakar Ba'asyir, the Muslim cleric who has been described by U.S. and Southeast Asian governments as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah?a network of Islamic militants in the region that has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations. Abubakar visited Tenggulun no less than four times, says village headman Maskun, most recently in mid-June when he gave a speech...
...sought by police on suspicion of involvement in buying the chemicals used in the bomb.) How many militants are swept up in the widening investigation and the vigor with which they are prosecuted will be a signpost of whether the Indonesian authorities, until now regarded as the laggards in Southeast Asia's war on terror, have really changed direction. "I think the danger is that once the Indonesians find a few scapegoats, they could go back to their old ways again pretty quickly," says Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book on al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia...
...have originated 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...
...Aritonang estimates that much of the logistical planning for the Bali attack took place in the past two months. But according to intelligence experts, the directive that started the entire chain of events was issued at a mid-January meeting in southern Thailand. It was there that Southeast Asia's most wanted man, Riduan Isamuddin, the alleged head of operations for Jemaah Islamiah, harangued a group of key deputies. Hambali, as he is known, was enraged at the thwarting of his plan for a series of huge truck-bomb attacks in Singapore. He ordered a major shift in strategy: instead...
...April and is now being interrogated at an undisclosed location in the U.S. According to sources familiar with an FBI report of Jabarah's interrogation, details of his testimony?including the dramatic order by Hambali to target bars and nightclubs?were passed on by U.S. officials to all Southeast Asian governments in August, a full two months before the Bali attack...