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...popular belief is that the Jemaah Islamiyah terror cell that claimed responsibility for the Bali bombs has been decapitated. Three of the key operatives - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the smiling bomb builder, Ali Gufron, the devout preacher, and Imam Samudra, the fanatical field commander - have been convicted and sentenced to death, and are in the final stages of the appeals process...
...soldiers discovered compact discs and files relating to JI operations, including a JI spreadsheet carefully documenting the expenditure of €40,000 on food, motor boats and vans, and even cell-phone cards. "I think it was Umar Patek who was doing the group's accounts," says Sabban. ICG terror expert Collier thinks Patek is more than just a terrorist bean counter. "He commands Abu Sayyaf Group forces and he can be seen as an ASG commander in his own right," Collier says, "as well as a JI freelancer. Dulmatin and Patek are both still in communication with allies...
...former terrorist over tea and sweets in his village home on Jolo. "They are valued." Philippine police confirm that Abu Sayyaf has embraced Dulmatin's bomb tutorials. Superintendent Leocardio Santiago, who heads the Special Action Force, says Dulmatin's bomb-making handiwork has been apparent in a number of terror attacks, including the one on the Zamboanga air base...
...Java, a balaclava-clad man believed to be Noordin is heard ranting: "America, Australia, England and Italy are all our enemies. We especially remind Australia that you, [then Foreign Minister Alexander] Downer and [then Prime Minister John] Howard, are killing Australia, leading it into darkness and misfortune and mujahidin terror." In May 2004, despite being the subject of one of Indonesia's largest manhunts, Noordin managed to marry his second wife, Munfiatun Al-Fitri, who, according to the ICG report, had wanted to marry a "warrior for Islam." Munfiatun was captured in 2005 and served a short sentence in prison...
...Even less is known about the fourth fugitive, Zulkarnaen. Dubbed "the grandfather" by the Indonesian media because of his seniority, the 44-year-old has virtually vanished and does not appear to be linked to any recent terror plots, says Jones. Although the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center lists Zulkarnaen as one of al-Qaeda's "point men" in Southeast Asia, Jones doubts he is active in the JI leadership. "What's striking is that he doesn't come up in conversations or interrogations. It's as though he is a non-person...