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Osama di Indonesia??
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Subject: [pk-timur] this what TIMES said bout Osama and Terrorizm !!
Over the last year, fighters from Afghanistan with alleged links to Bin
Laden have traveled to Indonesia's Molucca islands to join forces with
Laskar Jihad, an extremist Indonesian Islamic group that is seeking to drive
Christians from the region.
selanjutnya ? ikuti berita dibawah ini .....
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Subject: [mushola] ada issue baru nih
Bin Laden Foothold in Indonesia Poses Threat
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK, Times Staff Writer
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Osama bin Laden, suspected of masterminding Tuesday's
terrorist attacks, has begun operating in Indonesia, where social chaos and
rising Islamic fundamentalism provide a rich recruiting ground,
authorities here said.
Bin Laden, already sought by the United States for his alleged role in the
1998 bombing of two embassies in Africa, is believed to be planning a
terrorist attack in Indonesia, possibly against the U.S. Embassy in
Jakarta, the capital, officials said. The embassy has been on high alert for
the last month.
Intelligence officials also believe that Bin Laden's organization might seek
to use the vast, unruly Indonesian archipelago as a staging area for attacks
in other countries.
"We have known for quite some time that the Bin Laden group has established
itself in Indonesia," a senior Western diplomat said this week, speaking on
condition of anonymity. "I think they see real opportunities in the
world's biggest Muslim country and one in which there are no effective
controls."
Islamic fundamentalism has found many new supporters in Indonesia since
1998, when the downfall of President Suharto ended more than three decades
of military dictatorship.
Government restrictions that once kept Muslim extremists in check have
disappeared. However, no effective law enforcement system has been
established to replace authoritarian rule, creating a state of lawlessness.
Indonesian officials said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick raised
the issue of Bin Laden with President Megawati Sukarnoputri when he visited
last month.
They expect the matter to come up again when Megawati meets President Bush
in Washington. Their meeting is scheduled for next week, but it could be
postponed because of Tuesday's attacks.
Maj. Gen. Kiki Syahnakri, deputy chief of the Indonesian army, warned
recently that international terrorist activity is likely to escalate in the
sprawling country of 17,000 islands.
"The chances are very high that in the next three years we will fight
terrorism, specifically international terrorism that enters Indonesia," the
general told a newspaper, the Australian. "We also received information from
America, as well as other parties, of Osama bin Laden's presence in
Indonesia."
Bin Laden is believed to have funneled money to the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front in the southern Philippines and trained some Indonesians there along
with Filipinos during the last decade.
Over the last year, fighters from Afghanistan with alleged links to Bin
Laden have traveled to Indonesia's Molucca islands to join forces with
Laskar Jihad, an extremist Indonesian Islamic group that is seeking to drive
Christians from the region.
Western officials say Laskar Jihad has adopted methods similar to those of
other groups connected to Bin Laden, including using the same kind of
detonator for bombs.
Nearly 90% of Indonesia's population is Muslim, and many officials find it
difficult to take firm action against Islamic extremists, including Laskar
Jihad, which has sent more than 4,000 fighters to the Moluccas and operates
there virtually unchecked.
U.S. Ambassador Robert Gelbard said he once appealed to Indonesian Police
Chief Suroyo Bimantoro to curb the group's activities. According to Gelbard,
Bimantoro declined, saying: "You must understand. The police cannot look
anti-Islamic."
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