Posted on 08/12/2009 3:28:44 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "Indonesian police confirmed that DNA tests proved that wanted terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top was not killed during last week's raid on a farmhouse in Java in Indonesia."
SNIPPET: "DNA tests confirmed that the body of the person killed was that of another wanted terrorist named Amir Ibrohim.
Ibrohim, who is also known as Amir Abdullah, worked as a contractor for the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels and is said to have aided in the July 17 attacks. He was reportedly seen on tape escorting one of the suicide bombers during the July 17 attacks.
Ibrohim is also believed to have been planning attacks that would have been carried out during Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations on August 17. The plot is thought to have included an assassination attempt on newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono."
(Excerpt) Read more at longwarjournal.org ...
Note; Photo included.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Noordin&language=english
Wanted
Noordin Mohammad Top
Date of Birth : August 11, 1968
Place of Birth : Johor, Malaysia
Sex : Male
Nationality : Malaysian
Aliases : Noordin Muh Top, Noordin Mat Top, Noordin Din Moch Top
Noordin Mohammad Top is one of the most dangerous members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). He is believed to be a top recruiter, strategist, and fundraiser for JI.
Despite being one of the top targets of regional security forces, Noordin has repeatedly escaped their grasp. A Malaysian national, he and Dr. Azahari bin Husin were the masterminds behind several suicide attacks in Indonesia, including the Bali bombings in October of 2005 that injured several Americans. Noordin is also suspected of having orchestrated several other terrorist attacks in Indonesia, including the October 12, 2002 Bali attack, which killed 202 people and injured 209; the August 5, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia; and the September 9, 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, which killed several individuals and wounded over 140 others.
Noordin has been the leading proponent of targeting Western interests in Indonesia. In addition to the two Bali and two Jakarta attacks, Noordin has ordered his operatives to conduct reconnaissance on a large foreign-owned power plant southeast of Surabaya. In January 2006, he announced the formation of a new organization, Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad, although it is still unclear whether this is a distinctly independent organization from JI.
Noordin has been designated by the U.S. Treasury Department and the UN Security Council as a terrorist financier. He remains one of the most important JI figures at large. He is a charismatic leader and a recruiter, and has proven to be innovative and single-minded in his desire to implement the al-Qa’ida line and target Western interests.
RATSO!
I never stopped being cautious.
maybe they got his Bottom???
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "NOORDIN MOHAMMED TOP DEAD, MAJOR ATTACK AVERTED" by Nick Grace (SNIPPET: "Noordin Mohammed Top, Asia's most wanted terrorist, committed suicide after a 12-hour standoff with Indonesian police in a remote farm house in Central Java. Police made visual confirmation of Top through cameras attached to remote control robots that were deployed into the house and watched as he fled into a bathroom and, surrounded by a woman and three children, blew himself up, Metro TV reported. The explosion occurred at 8 AM Saturday local-time (9 PM EDT Friday) and was carried on live television. Top was a senior leader in Jemaah Islamiyah and was originally from Malaysia. He was known as a top recruiter, strategist, and fundraiser, and was behind the most deadly terror attacks in Indonesia.") (August 7, 2009, 9:07 pm)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN JAKARTA FOLLOWING TERROR STRIKES, NOORDIN TOP SUSPECTED" by Nick Grace (July 17, 2009, 5:45 pm (PHOTO CAPTION: "The head of the JW Marriott hotel bomber, who was identified as Nurdin Aziz.") (July 17, 2009, 5:45 pm)
LONG WAR JOURNAL: "TWIN BLASTS ROCK TWO HOTELS IN INDONESIAN CAPITAL" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "No group has taken credit for the bombings, but Al Qaeda affiliate Jemaah Islamiyah and the Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad,a splinter group of Jemaah Islamiyah, are the prime suspects. The targets of the attack - foreigners at posh hotels - and the mode of the attack - near-simultaneous detonations - match the profile of attacks used by the al Qaeda-affiliated groups.") (July 16, 2009, 9:52 pm)
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Top is really alive, and planning an assassination on SBY on August 17 (Indonesia’s independence day).
Aw well, they’ll get him next time. The guy that they did get, I’m guessing he needed killing anyways, so it wasn’t a total wash.
Aw well, they’ll get him next time. The guy that they did get, I’m guessing he needed killing anyways, so it wasn’t a total wash.
He’s dead now, but I wanted to add some details here:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=1765453
September 18, 2009 - 3:30am
Associated Press Writers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)
SNIPPET: “Sometimes he would even don a veil and disguise himself as a woman, said Nasir Abas, who helped train Noordin as a former commander for Jemaah Islamiyah but who now works with the government to help rehabilitate arrested terrorists.”
“Noordin claimed to have taught 1,000 followers how to make bombs and carry out suicide attacks, said Al Chaidar, a terrorism expert and lecturer at Malikussaleh University in Aceh province who met Noordin in 2005 while researching a book.
“His voice, his intonation was very special, and that impressed many people,” Chaidar said.”
“Indonesian terrorist used veil to elude police”
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2342651/posts
Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist killed in Java raid
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | September 17, 2009 8:03 AM | By BILL ROGGIO
Posted on September 18, 2009 2:06:52 AM PDT by Cindy
Thank you Detachment 88. -Cindy
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Nick Grace contributed to this report.
PHOTO CAPTION: “A photo of Noordin Mohammed Top after he was killed during a raid in Java. The photo was taken with a cell phone. Photo provided by Nick Grace.”
SNIPPET: “Southeast Asia’s most wanted al Qaeda-linked terrorist has been killed during an overnight raid by counterterrorism police in Solo in Central Java, Indonesia. Police have confirmed that the elusive Noordin Mohammed Top has been killed along with four other terrorists during the assault on a safe house in Java.”
SNIPPET: “Within the past 24 hours, Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police unit Detachment 88 (Densus 88) shot and killed Top along with three other associates. During the raid, police acquired two laptops and documents, which they said confirm that all four terrorists who were killed during the raid comprised the leadership of al Qaeda in Southeast Asia. Police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri suggested in a press conference today that the documents picked up in Solo show that they wiped out most of al Qaeda in Southeast Asia’s senior leadership in this raid.
Wanted terrorists Bagus Budi Pranoto, Ario Sudarso, and Hadi Susilo were killed with Top, Metro TV reported. Pranoto and Sudarso are believed to have been Top’s right-hand men. Saifuddin Zuhri and Muhammad Sahrir, two other top terrorists, are being hunted by police.
The Indonesian press is showing photos of Top’s body and the commentary is focusing on the fact that his eyes were closed and his mouth was open at the moment of death - unlike Ibrohim, the florist-terrorist involve int he July bombings in Jakarta who was killed in the police raid in Temanggung in August. The insinuation is that Noordin was such a coward that not only did he not blow himself up, despite having active bombs available at the safe house - but that he winced and closed his eyes when he was killed by Detachment 88 oficers.
Top, a Malaysian national, was a senior leader in Jemaah Islamiyah.” Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/09/southeast_asias_most.php
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