Indonesian police have arrested alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiyah
MSNBC ^ | Tuesday June 12, 2007 | MSNBC
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Posted on 06/12/2007 10:53:51 PM CDT by malamute
TERRORISM: ARREST OF JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH LEADER ‘ONLY SYMBOLIC’
AKI ^ | 6/11/07
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Posted on 06/11/2007 2:51:34 PM CDT by Valin
Jakarta, 11 June (AKI) - If it is confirmed, the arrest of one of Indonesia’s most wanted terrorists and alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, Abu Dujana, is only symbolic and will not really change the current objectives of the group, said Ken Conboy, a regional terrorism expert in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI). “In the last few years, JI has switched its focus and it is now much more interested in recruiting and rebuilding, rather than bombing,” said Conboy who is also the author of “The Second Front: Inside Asia’s Most Dangerous Terrorist Network”, a book that traces the history of JI.
“Abu Dujana’s arrest would be important symbolically but would not change much of what are JI’s short to middle terms plans,” he told AKI.
Conboy, who admitted that in any case the danger of attacks has not diminished, stressed that the operations by the Indonesian security forces and those of neighbouring countries, have in practice brought JI back to a situation that is comparable to 1998.
“In 1998 JI was building its structure,” said Conboy. “Now, after the arrests of the last few years, it is basically back at the stage and it is trying to rebuild. However, this does not mean that they would not bomb if they had the opportunity,” he said.
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