Militants in region ‘plan to strike back’
TERRORISM: ASIAN CONNECTION
Their first target after lying low for the next six months will be Indonesia, says a Jemaah Islamiah source.
Muslim militants
Indonesia
After S’pore talks, Jakarta sets up anti-terror force
The high-level team will map out an action plan and coordinate intelligence sharing with neighbouring countries.
Indonesia, under increasing pressure from the international
Aceh gets new military command
Army generals say there is nothing sinister about it, but the move could retard the fragile peace process.
The Indonesian army yesterday tightened
US-S’pore pact may benefit Jakarta
Singapore has proposed extending the free-trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated with the United States to Indonesia to help develop its manufacturing base
Cleric denies calling for jihad in S’pore
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said yesterday that he had met several of the Muslim militants detained in Singapore and Malaysia as
Militant groups’ growing tentacles
TERRORISM: ASIAN CONNECTION
South-east Asian governments are coming to grips with a new and more potent form of terrorism unleashed by Osama bin
Cleric praises ‘brave Osama’
INDONESIA
Militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday again denied links with Osama bin Laden even as he praised the terrorist as a
Wanted cleric ready to face police
TERRORISM: ASIAN CONNECTION
IN INDONESIA
Abu Bakar Bashir, linked to the Jemaah Ismaliah group, says Indonesia and Islam are being made scapegoats by the
Bomb-maker is Indonesian national
Arrested terrorist bomb-maker Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, now under detention in the Philippines, is the son of a council member of Indonesia's Muslim-based
Terrorists? Jakarta ‘yet to see proof’
Indonesian government casts doubt on links between groups and individuals in the country and terrorism elsewhere
The Indonesian government said yesterday it had
Is there an Al-Qaeda connection in Indonesia?
Recent arrests of Islamic extremists in Singapore and Malaysia have raised the worrying spectre of Indonesia becoming a regional centre for Osama
Megawati forced to tread softly
Jakarta is under pressure from Washington to get tougher with Islamic militant groups operating freely in the country, but domestic politics has