Guantanamo detainee Hambali is the mastermind of the Bali massacre and the attack against Christians

Asia News ^ | March 10, 2009 | Mathias Hariyadi

[Sergeant Tim]

Jakarta - Riduan “Hambali” Isamudin is the mastermind who planned the massacre in Bali in 2002, and the attacks against Christian churches and buildings in 2000. The accusation comes from Mubarok and Ali Imron, both members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), who say they are willing to testify against the operational chief of the Islamic fundamentalist movement in southeast Asia, who is being held in the detention center in Guantanamo.

Mubarok and Ali Imron are being held in the prison in Jakarta, where they are serving a life sentence for their involvement in the attack against churches in the country. In 2000, a coordinated series of bombs exploded in six different provinces, killing 19 people in the period before Christmas. They avoided the death penalty by demonstrating "remorse," and cooperating with security forces to shed light on the attacks. "Hambali brainwashed our mind to stage a jihad war against non-Islam followers," Imron says.

The accusations issued by the two former jihadists and the possible closing of the Guantanamo detention center raise a serious problem for Indonesian authorities: should Hambali return to the country, or is it preferable for him to remain in a foreign nation?

[Sergeant Tim]

Riduan Isamuddin, a.k.a. Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, is better known by the nom de guerre Hambali; he is now in detention at Guantanamo. He has been described as "the Osama bin Laden of Southeast Asia," was the military leader of the Indonesian terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and was the main link between the organization and al Qaeda until his capture.

It has been frequently reported that, "Hambali was a close friend of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who planned Operation Bojinka and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Hambali envisioned creating a Muslim state, in the form of an Islamic superpower (a theocracy) across Southeast Asia, with himself as its leader (Caliph). His ambition was to rule Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, and parts of the Philippines, Myanmar, and Thailand."

[Sergeant Tim]

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[Sergeant Tim]

Ping!

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping, post, links. BTTT!

[PGalt]

Roger Hill, Tommy Scott and the rest of America’a finest BTTT!

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

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[April Lexington]

Wow! Who would of thought these Gitmo detainees were actual trouble makers? I always thought they were nice young Islamic men who were Innocent cab drivers and who were illegally detained by Bush and Cheney so they could be tortured for fun and entertainment on weekends!

I am shocked!

[SuperLuminal]

Now here is someone for whom I would support release.

However, only if it is a release that requires him to stay within the confines of the emperor's domain of D.C.

[AmericanArchConservative]

ROTFLM*O!

No need for an ‘/S’ tag there...

A.A.C.