Fadli Sadama, the Jemaah Islamiyah operative detained in Malaysia and deported to Indonesia, was plotting to assassinate Chevron executives and shoot foreign tourists. Sadama is a member of the Indonesian Mujahidin Group and planned on traveling to Thailand to train the Pattani United Liberation Organization.
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Indonesian authorities arrested Joko Daryono, alias Thoyib, for his role as treasurer for the terror-sponsor organization Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid. Founded by the radical Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, JAT is responsible for funding and assisting terror groups based in Aceh.
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Radical cleric Eko Budi Wardoyo has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his roles in the killing of a priest and in a market bombing in Sulawesi that killed 22 people. Wardoyo had provided funding and transport for the perpetrators of both the Sulawesi attacks, all of whom are serving prison […]
Indonesian authorities detained a known terror suspect and leader in Aceh after his arrest in Malaysia. Taufik Marzuki, alias Abu Sayyaf, heads the Islamic Defenders Front and Al Qaeda in Pidie, Aceh. He was in Malaysia attempting to acquire weapons and ammunition.
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Six Islamists were killed and four wounded in a gunfight with authorities over the weekend. Two were killed in a raid in Dolok Sagala village, northern Sumatra. One officer was wounded during a firefight that killed four Islamists wanted for robbing a bank and attacking a police station.
An Islamist was critically injured when his own bomb exploded as he was driving his bicycle to attack a police station on the outskirts of Jakarta. The bomb exploded prematurely as he was about 100 meters away from the station. The 38-year-old Islamist had written that the attack was “revenge for the infidels who killed […]
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“Militants” have invited terrorists from Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to join their ranks and help establish an Islamic Emirate in Indonesia. Indonesian and Australian forces will hold join exercises in Bali.
Indonesia – Medan security boosted after 3 policemen killed
Three police officers were killed by 10 armed gunmen in a “well planned” assault on a police station in the northern Sumatran city of Medan. The incident occurred in an area of Medan that recently saw raids by the anti-terror agency, Detachment 88, in response to a bank heist. In those raids, three gunmen were […]
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Counterterrorism police from Detachment 88 killed two “terrorists” during a raid in North Sumatra province; the terrorists’ families have been detained. Detachment 88 has been accused of torturing six Christians.
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Five men have been charged for supplying weapons to Islamist militants in a training camp in Aceh that was raided in February. Two police officers supplied weapons and ammunition through a businessman to Sofyan Tsauri, a terrorist suspect and former police officer. They face the death penalty. A suspected Jemaah Islamiyah member has been released […]
Islamists supporters of the radical al-Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have launched an extensive online campaign to clear his name and free him. Radical supporters have launched a website and a Facebook page, and hacked private companies that have accompanied protests in Jakarta. Bashir could face the death penalty if convicted for setting up a […]
Twenty-one alleged Islamist militants belonging to a cell called “al Qaeda in Aceh” have gone on trial for planning to murder foreign aid workers, possessing illegal fire arms, providing and housing terrorists, and planning attacks; the defendants could face the death penalty. Over 100 members of the cell were killed or arrested by Indonesian forces […]
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Jemaah Islamiyah founder and spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir has been charged with violating the anti-terrorism law. Police claim to have a solid case against Bashir for his support of an al Qaeda cell in Aceh.
Abu Bakar Bashir is the overall leader of al Qaeda in Aceh and was in regular communication with the terror group, which has plotted to conduct multiple attacks in the country.