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Indonesia Vows to Hunt Down Terrorists After Killing Noordin
By Achmad Sukarsono and Daniel Ten Kate
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian police vowed to capture other terrorists operating in the country after militant leader Noordin Mohammad Top, the alleged mastermind of fatal bombings in Bali and Jakarta, was killed in a raid in Central Java.
We have crippled the leadership but there are others out there, Indonesia police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Jakarta yesterday after announcing Noordins death. We will not rest until the others on the wanted list can be arrested.
Southeast Asias most-wanted terrorist and three of his lieutenants were killed yesterday when police raided a house in Solo, a stronghold of Islamic radicals about 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the capital. His death adds to recent successes globally. This week American commandos killed an FBI-wanted al- Qaeda operative in Somalia, while Pakistans army nabbed more than 50 militants in the countrys northwest tribal belt.
Governments around the world have absolutely made key gains in recent weeks, said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the Singapore-based International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. The United States should continue to cooperate with other countries that need capacity and capabilities to fight.
Malaysian-born Noordin was suspected of involvement in every major anti-Western attack in Indonesia since 2002, which together killed almost 300 Indonesians and foreign tourists, the U.S. State Department said in a 2008 report. He was described by Danuri as the head of al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia.
Noordin, who previously escaped police shootouts in which his associates died in 2005 and again last month, was the leading suspect in July 17 attacks at the JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta that killed nine people, including two bombers.
Our remaining targets are Syaifuddin Zuhri and Mohammad Syahrir, Danuri said yesterday, referring to two men suspected of involvement in the hotel bombings. We will not stop in our efforts to capture other terror perpetrators.
Noordin was also the suspected mastermind behind the bombing of a nightclub in the largely Hindu resort island of Bali seven years ago that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians. Three men convicted of that attack, Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron, were shot by firing squad in November last year.
Noordin was born in 1968 in Malaysias Johor state, neighboring Singapore. At about the age of 27, while studying for a masters degree at nearby Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, he started attending lectures at a boarding school set up by regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, according to International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based organization that provides advice and analysis on resolving conflicts.
The school became a nerve center for JI, which advocates jihad to establish an Islamic caliphate ruled by Shariah law in Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Philippines and southern Thailand. Its associates included Abu Bakar Bashir, JIs spiritual adviser who was implicated in the 2002 Bali bombings, and Hambali, a suspected terrorist held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.
Noordin became director of the boarding school, which had 350 students at one point, after authorities said it would be shut down unless it had a Malaysian director, according to the International Crisis Group. Authorities closed the school shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and Noordin headed to Indonesia.
Indonesia Vows to Hunt Down Terrorists After Killing Noordin - Bloomberg.com
By Achmad Sukarsono and Daniel Ten Kate
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian police vowed to capture other terrorists operating in the country after militant leader Noordin Mohammad Top, the alleged mastermind of fatal bombings in Bali and Jakarta, was killed in a raid in Central Java.
We have crippled the leadership but there are others out there, Indonesia police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Jakarta yesterday after announcing Noordins death. We will not rest until the others on the wanted list can be arrested.
Southeast Asias most-wanted terrorist and three of his lieutenants were killed yesterday when police raided a house in Solo, a stronghold of Islamic radicals about 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the capital. His death adds to recent successes globally. This week American commandos killed an FBI-wanted al- Qaeda operative in Somalia, while Pakistans army nabbed more than 50 militants in the countrys northwest tribal belt.
Governments around the world have absolutely made key gains in recent weeks, said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the Singapore-based International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. The United States should continue to cooperate with other countries that need capacity and capabilities to fight.
Malaysian-born Noordin was suspected of involvement in every major anti-Western attack in Indonesia since 2002, which together killed almost 300 Indonesians and foreign tourists, the U.S. State Department said in a 2008 report. He was described by Danuri as the head of al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia.
Noordin, who previously escaped police shootouts in which his associates died in 2005 and again last month, was the leading suspect in July 17 attacks at the JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta that killed nine people, including two bombers.
Our remaining targets are Syaifuddin Zuhri and Mohammad Syahrir, Danuri said yesterday, referring to two men suspected of involvement in the hotel bombings. We will not stop in our efforts to capture other terror perpetrators.
Noordin was also the suspected mastermind behind the bombing of a nightclub in the largely Hindu resort island of Bali seven years ago that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians. Three men convicted of that attack, Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron, were shot by firing squad in November last year.
Noordin was born in 1968 in Malaysias Johor state, neighboring Singapore. At about the age of 27, while studying for a masters degree at nearby Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, he started attending lectures at a boarding school set up by regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, according to International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based organization that provides advice and analysis on resolving conflicts.
The school became a nerve center for JI, which advocates jihad to establish an Islamic caliphate ruled by Shariah law in Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Philippines and southern Thailand. Its associates included Abu Bakar Bashir, JIs spiritual adviser who was implicated in the 2002 Bali bombings, and Hambali, a suspected terrorist held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.
Noordin became director of the boarding school, which had 350 students at one point, after authorities said it would be shut down unless it had a Malaysian director, according to the International Crisis Group. Authorities closed the school shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and Noordin headed to Indonesia.
Indonesia Vows to Hunt Down Terrorists After Killing Noordin - Bloomberg.com
