JI Is Presently Training The Next Generation of Killers

International Christian Concern ^ | 12/3/03

[miltonim]

JI has trained thousands already in Indonesia. Their training has resulted in the destruction of 80,000 Christian homes, 10,000 Christian deaths, and untold amounts of suffering. -----------------------------------

Singapore's Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng recently warned that the next generation of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorists are being groomed in regional camps and that many more attacks in the vein of the Bali and Marriott bombings are coming. Many of those being trained in these camps are sons of JI members in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore and they are being groomed to be the next generation of leaders. One such JI cell in Pakistan that was led by Indonesian Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's son and, more recently, by the brother of Hambali, the alleged JI operations chief.

Many of the upcoming Jihad warriors are being groomed in Pasantrens (Islamic Boarding Schools) in Indonesia. Seng said "governments must find ways to neutralize or dissolve these radical and militant schools." Incredibly, the US govt. is sending approximately $170 million to Indonesia for it's educational system. ICC has been told by member of the Indonesian government that some of this money will "leak" to the radical Pasantrens. JI has trained thousands already in Indonesia. Their training has resulted in the destruction of 80,000 Christian homes, 10,000 Christian deaths, and untold amounts of suffering.

Seng went on to say "so even as the JI organization is under keen pressure from the security actions from governments in the region, it is already regenerating itself both at the leadership as well as the working or operational level." He also said that JI "had been disrupted' but was 'by no means eliminated".

Sent also mentioned a number of interesting signs to indicate JI's continuing influence and threat:

Bashir has reportedly announced that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan did not mean a hiatus for terrorism in Indonesia. 'Jihad is justified by religion, is good' and 'self-defence' against infidel oppressors of Islam is allowed, he reportedly said. JI maintains links with Al-Qaeda, which continues to be its inspiration. The defiance and fanaticism of Bali bombers Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron show how undeterred JI is.

Warning of more attacks, he added: 'Our intelligence assessment is that JI elements on the run, including its master bomb-maker Azahari Husin, are likely to plan more suicide attacks along the lines of Bali and the recent Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta.'

To deal effectively with the terrorist threat, a multi-pronged effort is needed.

Nations cannot relent in intelligence gathering efforts, investigation and disruption of financial and operational networks, he said.   Leaders must set up common security and prepare their citizens for living with a bomb threat and coping with the consequences of attacks.   Regional terrorist training bases, especially those of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mindanao, must be dismantled, he said.

Other speakers on Thursday included US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, who highlighted the need for global cooperation, and former Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey, who emphasized that the anti-terrorism war would be a long one.

[Salvey]

they are being groomed to be the next generation of leaders.

Correction: they are being bred to be the next generation of murderers.

[PistolPaknMama]

bump for later

[monkeywrench]

Correction: they are being bred to be hunted down and killed.

[backhoe]

-Jemaah Islamiah- Islamic Community, or Islamic Threat?--