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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
The growth of radical Islam is only a concern in those nations that are economically disconnected from the modern world. Indonesia is connected, so it should not be a surprise that violent terrorism is not emerging from Indonesian Muslims.
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Unfortunately, most the terrorists in the region are homegrown. They are members of Jemaah Islamiyah. The "head" bombers is a British trained Malaysian engineer. The spiritual leader, Abu Bakar Bashyir is in jail right now facing murder charges. All of the Bali bombers are also Indonesian, though they were quickly identified and arrested. All were found guilty and sentenced to death. They are appealling the sentence. It is interesting though that one of the bombers has become the greatest tool for BIN (Indonesian's CIA) and the police.
One thing that BIN is complaining about is the lack of access to inteligence from the western world. They have been compalining about not being able to interogate Hambli, who is in US custody, so they can get a clear picture of the structure of JI.
Despite all this, I believe that they are doing a good job in fighting JI. It has to do with good inteligence work, and JI loosing support because of the work of NU and Muhammadiyah who is in the forefront discouraging people from joining them. Also the fact that JI made a tactical error in bombing both Bali and Jakarta.
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