Report: Indonesia needs to address new terror trend
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 20, 2011 -- Updated 0710 GMT (1510 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Report: Attackers are now coming from small independent groups
* Friday's suicide attack in a police station mosque wounded dozens
* "Prevention strategies that go beyond law enforcement are critical," the
report says
(CNN) -- A recent suicide bombing at a police station mosque in Indonesia is an
example of a new shift in terror attacks there and this new style of attackers
could become very dangerous if the country does not address the trend, the
International Crisis Group says.
Attackers are now coming from very small independent groups instead of the
larger established terror groups in Indonesia like Jamaat Tawhid Anshoru or
Jemaah Islamiyah , the crisis group says in a new report released Tuesday.
"The emergence of these small groups undertaking jihad on their own highlights
the urgent need for prevention programs -- which are virtually non-existent in
Indonesia," said Sidney Jones, a senior adviser with the group. "The critical
task is to identify vulnerable communities, starting with areas that have
produced extremist groups in the recent past, and think through possible
programs that might strengthen community resistance to extremist teaching."
Friday's suicide attack in a mosque that is inside a police station in the city
of Cirebon, killed the bomber and wounded dozens others, police said.
The attack is similar to a spate of letter bomb attacks in Jakarta in March and
other attacks in the last few years, the crisis group said.
The signature shared by these attacks is the fact that they were committed by
small groups that may have links to Indonesia's larger terror groups but seemed
to work independently.
Another trend is the fact that these groups preferred "targeted killings over
indiscriminate bombings, local over foreign targets," the group said.
One of the reason for the shift could be an effective government crackdown that
has led to many recent arrests of members of Jamaat Tawhid Anshoru or Jemaah
Islamiyah, the crisis group said.
"Prevention strategies that go beyond law enforcement are critical," the report
said.
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