An Indonesian student charged with terrorism said on Tuesday he met Osama bin Laden in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi before the September 11 attacks on the United States.
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Muhamad Syaifudin, 24, was one of six Indonesian students deported from Pakistan last December due to their alleged links with regional Islamic militant network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which has been tied to bin Laden’s al Qaeda. "I and my friends had a meeting with Osama bin Laden at Al Farouq mosque in Karachi. The meeting was before the September 11 incident," Syaifudin told reporters before the start of his trial at the Central Jakarta District court. Syaifudin did not give a date for his meeting with bin Laden. Asked whether the meeting discussed the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, Syaifudin said: "Of course not. Such a plan cannot be told to everyone." Syaifudin had been a student at Abu Bakar Islamic university in Karachi when he was detained last September, Weylang said. He was arrested along with Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan, younger brother of senior JI leader Hambali, suspected mastermind of the September 11 strikes. Hambali was arrested in Thailand last August and has been in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location. |