Thanks, MamaD, I hadn't read about this Asian terrorist before and he seems like a key player. Hambali gets quite a writeup! Extremely dangerous and charismatic is not a good mix. And an ammonium nitrate hoarder to boot.
Can't help but wonder if he had anything to do with these latest Bali attacks.
OT, or maybe not:
Hillary sees the glitch in her master plan or why else would she being trying to prevent the release of the final report from the probe that found Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros guilty of lying to the FBI about paying $250,000 in hush money to his ex-mistress?
While, apparently, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton were involved in Cisneros’ crime it appears that the special prosecutor’s final report, due out just in time for her 2006 Senate campaign,
will reveal that both Clinton’s misused their power while in office
and used the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a weapon against their enemies.
Judicial Watch has pointed out that the Clinton’s ordered IRS audits of The National Rifle Association, The Heritage Foundation, The National Review, The American Spectator, Freedom Alliance, National Center for Public Policy Research, American Policy Center, American Cause, Citizens Against Government Waste, Citizens for Honest Government, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Concerned Women for America and the San Diego Chapter of Christian Coalition. They didn’t limit this abuse of power to organizations;
they also allegedly ordered audits of individuals such as Bill O’Reilly of Fox News; Clinton paramours Gennifer Flowers and Elizabeth Ward Gracen; sexual assault accusers Paula Jones and Juanita Broaddrick, and fired White House Travel Office Director Billy Dale.
It is no wonder that Hillary Clinton’s lawyers are fighting so hard to suppress these damaging accusations from the Federal Prosecutor. While it is unlikely that either Clintons would ever be punished for their crimes, the inelegant dissemination of facts during an election year could prove catastrophic, especially, after working so hard to try to convince the American public that their butterfly isn’t a moth.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496832/posts
Wow, must read article. Thanks MamaD.
Renewed calls for access to terror kingpin sparkle in Indonesia
2005-10-05
The latest Bali bombings have triggered new calls for Washington to give Indonesian investigators access to detained Southeast Asian terror mastermind Hambali - a Muslim cleric once dubbed Osama bin Laden's point man in the region.
Washington's refusal, a long-standing irritant between the two nations, comes as the U.S. tries to boost anti-terror cooperation with Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
"I think the time has now come for the United States to give full access to the Indonesian police so they can interrogate Hambali," Theo Sambuaga, chairman of Parliament's political and security commission said.
The United States, in its turn, points out that giving Indonesian investigators access to Hambali, also known as Riduan Isamuddin, could compromise their own investigation of him.
The probe reportedly involves alleged links to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers and a plan to recruit new pilots for another wave of suicide hijackings in the United States.
Hambali, 41-year-old Indonesian citizen arrested in 2003 in Thailand, is also accused of being the operations chief of al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, the group emerging as the chief suspect in Saturday's strikes on Bali that killed 22 people, including three suicide bombers.
The Southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah network is accused in several other deadly bombings and failed plots in the region, including the Oct. 12, 2002 bombings on Bali that killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
Analysts said Hambali's testimony could have resulted in stronger prosecution cases against militants, and given Indonesian investigators a better general overview of how Jemaah Islamiyah operates.
Hambali was captured two years ago in the ancient Thai temple city of Ayutthaya, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Bangkok, by Thai forces and the CIA. He was handed over to U.S. authorities three days later and flown to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
Malaysia and the Philippines have also demanded access to Hambali.
A Malaysian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Tuesday that the country had not been given access to Hambali - something he said would have enabled it "to deepen our understanding on the networking of the Jemaah Islamiyah in Malaysia."
Manila has said it wants to put Hambali on trial for his alleged involvement in deadly bombings there, and expects him to provide information on terror plots, personalities and financing in Southeast Asia, the AP reports.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/10/05/64500.html