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| Tuesday, 10 March 2009 | |
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Following up on Asia Sentinel's question last week: "Whatever became of Hambali?," interest in the future of the alleged terror mastermind of Southeast Asia has perked up. The question is who does or does not want to be responsible for him when the Guantanamo Bay detention center is closed and he must be either tried somewhere or released. According to the Jakarta Globe, the government in Jakarta is not anxious to have him back, fearing he would become a rallying point for the country's nascent but growing Islamist, and particularly Wahabist, fundamentalists. According to the Globe, quoting unnamed sources in the Indonesian counter-terror police, Hambali himself is anxious to come home to Indonesia and face trial there. He is said to be homesick, which would not be surprising after being in US captivity since picked up in Thailand in 2003, latterly at Guantanamo but until 2006 at an even less comfortable CIA detention center in an undisclosed location – Jordan, according to a Human Rights Watch Report. According to these sources, who claim to have interrogated him while in US custody Hambali has confessed to his involvement in bombings in Indonesia and is ready to submit himself to the local justice system. This might make more sense for him than facing the music in the US, let alone in Malaysia or the Philippines where he is also wanted. Malaysia would most likely put him in indefinite ISA detention without benefit of a court appearance. (His wife has been held under the ISA since 2003) The Philippines is too well-known for extra-judicial killings for him to be comfortable there. But whether Hambali gets what he is said to want and return to trial in Indonesia is another matter. Other government sources in Indonesia suggest that they do not want him back as a trial might stir up jihadist sympathy, or at least be divisive as was that of the Abu Bakar Bashir, the so-called spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah in southeast Asia.
Confessions
made under duress at Guantanamo would not be valid in Indonesia so
would have to be repeated in Indonesia – which he might well
refuse to do. Meanwhile it is also not clear whether the Indonesian
police have substantive evidence of his direct role in any of the
bombings. The 2002 Bali bombing induced a huge new effort by
Indonesia to smarten up its terror prevention and investigation
capability. But investigations of previous bombings were inefficient
and the lapse of time might make effective prosecution very
difficult. Comments
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written by Mamakthir , March 17, 2009
JI terrorists in SEA are greatly encouraged by the Jihadis victories in Iraq and PakisAfghan. Together with Islamic government fundings, we can more JI activities soon in Southern Phillipines and Thailand soon. However, the ultimate prize for Islamists is to sieze Singapore, the Constantinople of South East Asia,
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written by Bashir , March 11, 2009
Indonesia is already talibaniesed. Sheik Hambali return will be hailed similar like the Ayatollah Khomeni to Iran.
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"The specific bomb plot allegations and a broader one of plotting small bombings in bars and café frequented by westerners in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore were all sourced to an unnamed individual...
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The US military commissions to try so-called enemy combatants were deemed illegal by the US Supreme Court in 2006." Who knows what to believe? The US has lost any shred of credibility it may have had. It's said the US just paid for "terrorists" to fill their gulags in order to lend their "war on terror" some credibility. Hambali may be completely innocent, and the Indonesian government unwilling to admit they had given up an innocent to US imprisonment and torture. report abuse
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Jakarta
doesn't much want back its terrorist, lately with a Guantanamo
address
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