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Five on the run after raid By Mark Forbes Herald Correspondent in Denpasar and agencies October 6, 2005 Five Islamic radicals connected to the 2002 Bali bombings and jailed for possessing explosives are among the suspects police are hunting over Saturday's suicide attacks. Sources close to the investigation say they may have helped carry out the attacks, which killed 22, including four Australians. All five, who served two years in jail, knew one of the planners of the 2002 attacks, Imam Sumudra, and two knew Rois, who was recently sentenced to death for his role in the bombing at Australia's Jakarta embassy last year. Police tried to arrest the men this week at their homes in Banten, 50 kilometres west of Jakarta, as part of a sweep of areas sympathetic to Jemaah Islamiah. However, the men were gone and police have upgraded port security in response to intelligence reports that they may flee to Sumatra. Police are monitoring the school run by Jemaah Islamiah's alleged spiritual leader, Abu Bakar Bashir, who is in jail, and several radicals who live in the same town, Solo in Java. AdvertisementAdvertisement They have also put tabs on radicals in East Java, after questioning in prison three of the original Bali bombers, Amrozi and Muklas and Sumudra. A police spokesman, Brigadier-General Sukarno, said yesterday the investigation was "accelerating" but declined to give details. Police have now interviewed 75 people, eight of whom were not witnesses to the blasts. The chief suspects are still JI's most senior bombmakers, Mohammed Noordin Top and Azahari Husin. Investigators also want to talk to Hambali - the Muslim cleric once dubbed Osama bin Laden's point man in the region, who is being held by the US. Yesterday, as the last of the Australian injured were transported home, the Federal Government repeated it would call on Indonesia to ban JI. The Prime Minister, John Howard, said the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, would make the request when visiting Indonesia next week. The Government has boosted the number of Australian police in Bali to 45, including additional intelligence and explosives experts. Australian forensic experts said they hoped to identify all victims by next week. The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said yesterday the attacks had blackened the country's image. "The terrorist acts have spoiled Indonesia's reputation in the eyes of the world." He urged the armed forces to "take a technical and strategic role in fighting and preventing future attacks". Some media reports said three men had been detained on suspicion of being part of the suicide bombing cell, but police said they were not connected to the attacks. Bali's police chief, I Made Mangku Pastika, said there had never been any indication they were involved. His comments came as Bali paused for two days of prayer, to celebrate the Hindu festival of Galungan. Locals visited private and public temples to pray and celebrate the victory of good over evil. Ketut Arini, a waitress at the bombed Menaga cafe, splashed water and placed offerings of incense and fruit in every corner of the cafe building. "I look for blessings so that the spirits are gone," she said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
