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“Indonesian Police Allege Bashir Was Instrumental in Establishing Aceh Terror Group”
Jakarta Globe | August 09, 2010
SNIPPET: “The National Police say terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir was arrested after it was discovered that he was allegedly deeply involved in terrorist activities in West Java and Aceh.
Police also say they are searching for a French national allegedly involved in terrorist activities in Indonesia.”
SNIPPET: “He said Bashir — alleged to have been the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for a string of deadly terrorist attacks in Indonesia — was arrested in Banjar, West Java, at 8:15 p.m. along with five bodyguards who attempted to obstruct the arresting officers.
Edward said four people had been arrested over the weekend in connection to terrorism, saying the group had a bomb laboratory in Cibiru, Bandung, and planned to blow up a number of targets with car bombs.
“We arrested Fahrul Tanjung and Hamzah in Cibiru, Bandung, where we also found a bomb lab along with a car, a Mitsubishi Gallant, which was prepared for use as a car bomb. The group received the car from a French man.”
Edward added that the French national was still at large.
Police also arrested a man named Gofur in Subang and a chemical expert in Padalarang.
“We arrested Kurnia Widodo, a university graduate majoring in chemical engineering in Padalarang, Bandung,” he said.
Bashir, meanwhile, has arrived at the National Police headquarters, saying the arrest had been fabricated by the United States.
The five arrested alongside Bashir are still en route to Jakarta.”
“Indonesia: Jihadist blames U.S. for trial, prays for “bitter torture” for “the infidels, the Zionists, the Americans, the Europeans””
May 25, 2011