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| Jemaah Islamiah oplan recovered in Indonesia |
| 2002-02-11 |
The document, of which there are also Indonesian and Arabic versions, was signed by JI chairman Abu Hanafiah and secretary Fikri Sugondo - both of whom are believed to be using aliases, like most of the other operatives whose names are mentioned. The aim appears to have been to destabilise the US with more attacks against them in foreign territories. This would shift Washington's focus from Afghanistan towards Asia - a move that would help gel Islamic solidarity in the region. The document also mentions the name of Fathur Rohman - the bombmaker arrested in Manila on Jan 15. Another name which surfaced was Abdussalam bin Abu Thalib, identified as the leader of JI Malaysia. Indonesian intelligence officers found the document in Solo last October. Some believe that factional rivalry in the state intelligence agency might have meant that only a small group of officers - those opposed to intelligence cooperation with Washington - were aware of the document's existence and decided to keep it secret. All those little links that link to other links... As soon as they saw that Afghanistan was going to get hammered, they put together a plan to try and take the heat off. Only problem was that by the time the plan was to go be executed, the Taliban were in the Dustbin of History and Binny was trying to hold out at Tora Bora. Recall that it's around the same time that the Indian Parliament building was attacked and Hamas/Islamic Jihad went nuts. Their plans ("plan" is used in a very generic sense when discussing the Palestinians) were probably put together at about the same time. At least it's nice to know the Indonesians are resolving their little internal difficulties. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |