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*IBRAHIM ISA'S ON TERROR ATTACKS IN INDONESIA*
*Saturday, 13 March 2010 Sources : D. Ronodipoero*
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*DULMATIN SLIPPED INTO INDONESIA*
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*TERROR'S NEWS STSRSUCTURE AND ATTACK METHOD *
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*'COMMAND CENTER' FOR NEWS TERROR NETWORK *
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*DULMATIN TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AT A NEW CAMP*
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Thursday March 11, 2010
*DULMATIN'S SLIPPED INTO INDONESIA*
By AMY CHEW
FOR the past eight years, the Philippines security forces have repeatedly
made claims the elusive, shadowy Indonesian expert bomb-maker, Dulmatin,
hiding among the Abu Sayaf rebels, in Mindanao has been killed.
All claims turned out to be false, to the frustration of Indonesian
authorities, for they know only too well the destruction the 39-year-old
militant can wreck upon the country.
He was one of the masterminds of 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people.
Indonesian anti-terror officers believe Dulmatin slipped back quietly into
the country more than a year ago but no one knew it was the fugitive.
"We are not quite sure why he returned," a senior Indonesian anti-terror
officer told The Star. During that period, the name of a little-known
preacher, Muhammad Yahya, came on the radar of the anti-terror police.
"Muhammad Yahya's name came up in the militants' circle. We put him under
surveillance but we didn't know who he was and that it was actually Dulmatin
himself," said the officer.
The police kept an eye on "Muhammad Yahya" but he was not a top priority as
the authorities had their hands full hunting for other militants, including
slain Malaysian terrorist Noordin Muhammad Top.
It is believed Dulmatin aligned himself with Noordin's splinter group,
Tandzim Al-Qodat, when he returned as both men shared the same beliefs.
"Dulmatin believes in jihad and killing infidels as part of the mission to
establish an Islamic state based on syariah laws," said a regional
anti-terror officer.
Muhammad Yahya eked out a living trading in livestock in Central Java and
was known to be friendly and interacted well with the local community
wherever he went.
"He used many aliases to avoid detection. He was also good at interacting
with the locals," said the officer.
But behind the seemingly innocent demeanour of the livestock trader,
Dulmatin was reinvigorating the terror network, procuring weapons and
training militants.
"Dulmatin spent his time procuring weapons from previous conflict areas like
Ambon and Poso."He also trained terror members in military warfare,"
said the officer.
Ambon on the Spice Islands and Poso in Central Sulawesi were the scene of
bloody fighting between Muslim and Christians from 1999 to 2002 which killed
thousands.
During the conflict, over 1,000 weapons were smuggled into the two areas.
The majority of the weapons remain in the hands of local residents and
militants are known to buy the weapons off them.
Muhammad Yahya's name resurfaced sometime in February when Indonesian police
discovered a militant training camp in Aceh and conducted a series of raids.
During the raids, three police officers were killed and 21 alleged militants
were arrested."The men who were at the camp comprised both Javanese and
Acehnese. One of
the trainers was a former GAM member," said the officer.
GAM stands for Free Aceh, the separatist movement which waged an insurgency
for 29 years for an independent state.
GAM laid down its arms after signing a historic peace agreement in 2005 in
the wake of the epic Boxing Day tsunami which laid the land to waste.
Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf has said no GAM member is involved in the
training camp but anti-terror officers disagreed.
"Former ex-GAM combatants who were arrested during the raids are alleged to
belong the GAM faction which rejected the peace deal," said the officer.
Those who joined the terror camp are ex-GAM members who failed to
reintegrate into society and could not find any work after the peace
agreement.
Following the Aceh raids, Muhammad Yahya's name came up again.
"It was then that we found out that Muhammad Yahya was Dulmatin," said the
officer. The police started to trail Dulmatin and kept him under tight
surveillance.
Dulmatin went back and forth between Aceh and Jakarta. His former
comrade-in-arms in southern Philippines who returned to Indonesia earlier
gave him shelter.
Last Tuesday, the police trailed Dulmatin to Pamulang in Greater Jakarta.
When Dulmatin stepped into the Internet cafe, Indonesian anti-terror police
followed suit. Dulmatin opened fire and the police returned fire. After
eight long years,
the terror king is finally dead.
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*TERROR CELL ALLIANCE FORGES NEWS STRUCTURE AND ATTACK METHODS*
Rendi A. Witular, Hotli Simanjuntak and Dicky Christanto , The Jakarta Post
| Fri, 03/12/2010 11:34 AM | Special Report
A crackdown on terrorist training camps in Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam, still
recovering from decades of bloody insurgency, has culminated in authorities
killing Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist, Dulmatin, who masterminded
the first Bali bombing, in the southern outskirts of Jakarta. The foiling
of the network has uncovered a new and more sophisticated structure of
terror cells. The Jakarta Post's Rendi A. Witular, Hotli Simanjuntak and
Dicky Christanto delve into the issue. Here are the stories:
Ever since the start of police raids on terrorist training camps on Feb. 22,
villagers of Sukatani in Jantho district, Aceh Besar, no longer have the
everyday luxury of farming peacefully.
Tense villagers have taken up arms in a witch-hunt against the fleeing
terrorists hunted by police.
"We have intensified night patrols following the raids. We don't want our
place to be used as terrorist camp, which may fuel another conflict,"
Sukatani village chief Muzakir said on Thursday.
Three police officers were killed in raids, raising fears the terrorists
would not hesitate to kill defiant
villagers. Sukatani is the closest village to the raided terrorist
training camp
located deep in the Jalin forest, which is a geographically ideal site to
hide any criminal activities.
The village and its vicinity have long been known as a magnet for Javanese
migrants since the 1980s.At the height of the separatist insurgency led
by the Free Aceh Movement
(GAM) in 2003 and 2004, most of the villagers fled from the area for fear of
being lynch by GAM members because of their opposition to the struggle.
After the 2005 peace accord that brought an end to the insurgency, most of
the Javanese migrants began trickling back to the village, bringing along
their extended families, Muksalmina, the chairman of the Aceh Transition
Commission, said Thursday. The commission houses former GAM combatants.
"There's an indication the terrorists are sneaking along the wave of the
returning transmigrants," said Muksalmina, adding the transmigrants were
usually opening up new spaces in deep in the forest for farming and living.
Aceh besar: JP/IrmaJP/Irma
Apart from the largely uninhabited areas, Aceh has all the ingredients to
lure terrorist networks to operate in its territory, given that the province
is still struggling to forge a lasting peace after decades of violence.
The head of the antiterror division at the Coordinating Political, Legal,
and Security Affairs Ministry, Insp. Gen. (ret) Ansyaad Mbai, believes it
was natural for terrorist groups to select conflict zones or areas, once
used as a battleground, for their training and recruitment camp.
"They used Poso [in Central Sulawesi], and now Aceh," he said Thursday.
"It is easier in these areas to source firearms, explosives and manpower.
Another reason is that their activities are now limited in Java because of
intense scrutiny."
Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi added that the selection of
Aceh was also related with the presence of Sharia law, suggesting that the
province tolerated all kinds of Islamic radicalism.
"Acehnese are known for being devout Muslims. The terrorists capitalized on
this to cover their activities. However, this was a mistake on their part
from the very beginning," Ito said Thursday.
He said it was local residents who informed police of terrorist training.
The terrorists, who have been running the camp for at least a year, are also
believed to be receiving assistance from several former GAM combatants
dissatisfied with the peace accord.
"Most former GAM combatants oppose the terrorists," Ansyaad said.
"But there are numerous GAM splinter groups that feel dissatisfied with the
current condition and are seeking to profit from the terrorists'
activities."
Wealth inequality among former combatants has become a major concern in
Aceh. Most GAM commanders live in luxury while their foot soldiers remain
impoverished. Of the 17 terrorists arrested in Aceh, police claim
several of them have
links with former GAM combatants.
Terrorist groups may have also profited from Aceh's proximity to the busy
shipping lane of the Malacca Straits, allowing them to procure firearms
through drug trafficking in Thailand and Myanmar.
While no conclusive evidence has emerged, the terrorists may also be eyeing
an attack on vessels passing the Strait, or may hijack tanker vessels and
crash them into strategic spots in Singapore, Malaysia or Indonesia.
"There's no evidence of such plans yet. But since we're dealing with a
concerted international terrorist network, I believe they may eventually do
this," Ansyaad said.He also said there was also a possibility the
network would improvise an
entirely new attacking style apart from suicide bombing.
"From their training methods, I believe there's also the possibility they
will use Mumbai-style attacks by storming buildings," he said.
In late 2008, dozens of terrorists launched 10 coordinated shooting and
bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, killing at least 173
people and wounding at least 308.
Apart from learning of possible new attack methods, the police crackdown on
the Aceh camp led them to Pamulang, 15 kilometers south of Jakarta, where
two separate shootouts killed Dulmatin, who trained with al-Qaeda in
Afghanistan, and his two bodyguards.
The raid uncovered an alliance of terror cells from Banten, West Java and
Aceh, as well as a group of terrorists from Afghanistan, Mindanao in the
Philippines and Poso.
According to Ansyaad, the group was in the process of moving their training
camp from the southern Philippines to Indonesia due to efficiency.
The Southeast Asia terrorist network has traditionally used the Philippines
for training camps, Singapore and Malaysia as financing centers, and
Indonesia as its
battlefield.
National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Dulmatin played a
key role in assembling the group, prepared the Aceh camp from scratch, and
purchased the firearms and explosives.
"There was a flow of Rp 500 million (US$52,000) funding the activities," he
said. While the Banten cell and the West Java cell are well-established,
the Aceh
cell remains below the radar. Police reports indicate that Acehnese Yudi
Zulfahri, who was arrested, was tasked with making the group's way into
the province. Surya, also in
custody, was being groomed to be a bombmaker due to his background in
chemical engineering. He received a degree from an East Java university.
Other members include Azam and Masykur Rahmat bin Mahmud, who were arrested,
and Iwan Abdullah and Marzuki, both dead.
However, their link to former GAM combatants remains unclear.
"It's a whole new structure, which is very detrimental. This is not the end
of the game. There will be new threats unless we handle this issue
comprehensively, by chopping off the dragon's head," Ansyaad said, referring
to radical clerics in Jakarta and Central Java.
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*PAMULANG IS THE 'COMMAND CENTER' FOR NEWS TERROR NETWORK*
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/12/2010 11:46 AM | Special Report
A largely residential areas of middle-class urban workers, Pamulang district
in South Tangerang, Banten, now struggles to detach itself from being
stereotyped as a terrorist hotbed. Located just 15 kilometers south of
Jakarta, Pamulang has seen a string ofterrorism-related incidents, which
revolve around firebrand cleric Mohammed
Iqbal Abdurrahman, widely known as Abu Jibril.
While no conclusive evidence has linked Abu with terrorist activities, law
enforcement officials have consistently refused to overlook his role. On
Tuesday, the police killed top terrorist leader Dulmatin and his two
bodyguards who were hiding out in a house in Pamulang.
At the same time, the police also stormed a house belonging to local
resident Fauzi for allegedly supporting Dulmatin's activities.
Fauzi, a wealthy paramedic, is a member of Abu's congregation.
"Fauzi is one of my followers. He was at my morning prayer before police
stormed his place," Abu said
Tuesday. He denied knowing Dulmatin and distanced himself from allegations
of involvement in terrorism.
"Islam prohibits any teaching that supports terrorism," he said.
However, police arrested his son Muhammad Jibril late last year for
allegedly funding terrorist attacks on the JW Mariott and Ritz-Carlton
hotels in the middle of last year.
Muhammad is being indicted at the South Jakarta Court.
Attention on Abu began in the middle of 2005 after a small explosion
occurred in front of his house.
The police, who claim the device was similar to those used in sectarian
conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, between 1998 and 2000, raided Abu's
house but no charges were filed against him.
Abu, who runs the arrahmah.com radicalism and jihad movement news portal,
leads an exclusive prayer group of middle- and upper-income Pamulang
residents.
The group formed five years ago when Abu took over Al-Munawwarah mosque from
local residents of the Witanaharja housing complex. Abu moved to Pamulang
six years ago.
Abu's teacher, hardline cleric Abubakar Ba'asyir, regularly preaches at
Abu's prayer meetings, advocating a jihadist movement.
Abu, born in 1957, was a student of the Al-Mukmin boarding school in
Ngruki, Central Java, founded by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Ba'asyir and
Abdullah Sungkar. JI has been declared a terrorist group by many Western
nations.
In 1985, Abu fled to Malaysia following then president Soeharto's intense
crackdown on Islamic militants and radicals.
According to police, he was recruited in Malaysia to fight in Afghanistan,
eventually becoming a trainer there.
Following the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, Abu spent most of the 1990s
in Malaysia helping Ba'asyir and Sungkar develop JI. He was its treasurer
along with Hambali, a key JI financier currently held in the US.
Abu returned to Indonesia after Soeharto's downfall in 1998, and played a
role in supporting sectarian conflict in Poso until he was arrested by the
Malaysian government, which held him from 2001 and 2004 under the country's
Internal Security Act for promoting radicalism.
Upon his return to Indonesia in 2004, Abu found difficulty staying below the
radar until Ba'asyir henchman Sutisna set him up in a safehouse in Pamulang,
according to Indonesian Muslim Movement cleric Abdurrahman Assegaf.
"Pamulang has become a hotbed of terrorist activities since Abu settled in
the area," Abdurrahman said.
"We should crack down on people like Abu who promote radicalism and violent
approaches to jihad."
JP/IrmaJP/Irma
Police said Pamulang was a meeting point for an alliance of terror cells
from Banten, West Java, and Aceh formed by Dulmatin.
The Banten cell includes Adam and Zaki Rahmatullah. Both were recruited by
Rois, the cell leader who is now awaiting a death sentence for his role in
the Australian Embassy bombing.
The West Java cell includes Sofyan Kasauri, who supplied firearms for
terrorists in Aceh. The Aceh cell includes Yudi Zulfahri, who facilitate the
alliance into operating in Aceh.
"All evidence suggests Pamulang is the command center for [the terrorists]
operations at their Aceh training camp," Insp. Gen. (ret) Ansyaad Mbai, the
antiterror chief at the Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs
Ministry, said.
"I believe those preaching radicalism and violent jihad in Pamulang should
be arrested. They are the root cause of all this evil," he said, adding that
unlike neighboring countries, Indonesia has no internal security laws,
allowing extremists to freely spread hatred to gain support for violent
action. (rdf)
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*DULMATIN RETURNED TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AT NEW CAMP*
Rendi A. Witular, Hotli Simanjuntak and Dicky Christanto , The Jakarta Post
| Fri, 03/12/2010 11:41 AM | Special Report
After the death of Malaysian master bombers Noordin M. Top and Azahari,
Dulmatin born Joko Pitono, directly took up the reins to become Southeast
Asias highest-profile terrorist leader.
According to police, Dulmatins return was not merely to fill a vacant post,
but to also help open up a new training camp in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam for
an entirely different type of operation.
Dulmatin and colleagues Umar Patek and Heru Kuncoro had extensive knowledge
of setting up camps in the middle of the jungle from their experience in
aiding Abu Sayyaf rebels in Mindanao, South Philippines.
Dulmatin, trained by al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, was killed Tuesday in a police
raid at an internet café in Pamulang, South Tangerang, Banten.
His two bodyguards were also shot dead in a separate raid on the same day.
Umar and Heru, however, remain at large.
As the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombing, Dulmatin and Umar sought
sanctuary with Abu Sayyaf group in 2003, and survived intense manhunts by
the Filipino security forces and the US military.
>From there, both provided frequent assistance to fellow Jemaah Islamiyah
(JI) militants to orchestrate terror activities across the country.
National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri acknowledged that
Dulmatin was more skilled than Azahari in making bombs.
He said early investigations proved that Dulmatin decided to return home
with a plan, which was still being investigated by police based on recovered
documents and evidence.
One thing is certain: Dulmatin was responsible for initiating the
military-style training in Aceh Besar [regency], he said.
Dulmatins training camp in Aceh was set up deep in the Jalin forest, with
the closest village located 3 kilometers away.
The police found dozens of weapons, including M-16s and AK-47s, as well as
tens of thousands of rounds.
Bambang said Dulmatin and his group had secured Rp 500 million (US$52,000)
to fund the camp.
Terrorism commentator Al Chaidar, a former member of the Darul Islam (DI)
militant group and now a lecturer at Acehs Syiah Kuala University, said
Dulmatins return was not only to open the camp but to also roll out an
entirely new operation, as he was a high-ranking JI leader.
He ranked above Azahari and Noordin, he said, adding that Dulmatin now
actually led the terror network in the field, a move he rarely took.
Dulmatin, born in Pemalang, Central Java on June 6, 1970, is survived by
four children who studied in Ulul Albab boarding school in Sukoharjo,
Central Java. His widow, Istiada, lives in the school compound.
He left his family in Sukoharjo, and on Nov. 3, 2009, moved into lodgings in
Gang Madrasah in Pondok Benda, Pamulang, which he rented for Rp 250,000 a
month.
Neighbors said Dulmatin claimed to work as a salesman in motorcycle and car
showrooms in Pamulang.
After graduating high school in Yogyakarta in 1990, Dulmatin spent time in
Afghanistan and Malaysia from 1992 to 1995 before joining sectarian
conflicts in Ambon, Maluku, and in Poso, Central Sulawesi, between 1998 and
2000.
According to police reports, apart from the Bali bombing, Dulmatin was also
involved in the bombing of the Philippine ambassadors residence in Jakarta
in 2000, Christmas Eve bombings in Jakarta and Mojokerto in 2000, Atrium
shopping center bombing in 2001, and the first JW Marriott bombing in 2003.
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