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| Al Faruq linked to Amrozi |
| 2002-11-14 |
| The invaluable Steve passes this one along... THE ownership of the Al Islam school in the village where chief bombing suspect Amrozi lived is under intense investigation by the Indonesian Government after an assessment by spy agencies that it was established with the help of Omar Al Faruq, the Jemaah Islamiah member who later informed on his former colleagues. It'd probably be a real good idea to make that a really thorough investigation. And to investigate kindred Sources within Indonesia's domestic intelligence service BIN and police in the East Java city of Lamongan confirmed that Al Faruq, who has given valuable information about JI to the CIA, helped set up the school in 1992, along with one of Amrozi's brothers, Kosyin. Police spent yesterday trying to track down records from local authorities and village elders, but were stymied by poor book-keeping and a reluctance by school leaders to talk about their financial backers. "It does appear Al Faruq has played a role here, although we have to confirm this more," said an intelligence official. Al Islam continues to be funded largely through Malaysian ringgits and donations from other fundamentalist Islamic networks near the central Java cities of Solo and Borobodur. ... rather than directly from Arabia. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |