Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 (edited) CNA Report : Indonesia police say 10 held over terror bomb plot JAKARTA - Indonesian police said Thursday they had cracked a terrorist cell linked to some of the region's most wanted fugitives after the arrest of 10 suspects with a cache of powerful homemade bombs. Police said the cell was connected to Malaysian extremist Noordin Mohammad Top, a hardline leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Islamist group who is wanted for allegedly masterminding the 2002 Bali attacks. One of them was a bombmaker who reportedly met Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and is associated with Mas Selamat bin Kastari, the suspected leader of JI's Singapore branch who escaped from prison there on February 27. They were arrested earlier this week in Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province, where US and Australian-trained anti-terror police also found a cache of more than 20 bombs hidden in the attic of a rented house. "In Palembang we have arrested members of a terrorist network who were detained by Special Detachment 88," police spokesman Abu Bakar Nataprawira told reporters, referring to the anti-terror squad. Police did not confirm that the bomb expert linked to Mas Selamat was a Singaporean, but the government in the city state said one of its citizens was among the group rounded up in Sumatra. The Kompas daily said the suspect, identified by police only as MH, 35, had met Osama several times and had received training in Afghanistan. He is said to have been a student of JI bombmaker Azahari Husin, who was killed in 2005. "The suspect gave training in assembling bombs to people in Palembang related to terrorist acts in Indonesia," Nataprawira said, adding that he was arrested on Saturday. The arrest of MH led to the detention of nine other suspects in Palembang and the raid on the house on Tuesday, where police discovered the bombs cache. Seven powerful "tupperware bombs" and 20 smaller pipe bombs were found in the attic of the rented house, along with bomb-making chemicals and weapons. Sixteen of the bombs were reportedly primed to explode. Indonesian media reports have identified the Singaporean as Abu Hazam, who is also known as Omar. Abu Hazam was arrested last Saturday in the Sumatran village of Sekayu. This Singaporean had been revealed as Mohd Hassan Saynudin in today, The New Paper. Well done, Indonesia Police, Special Detachment 88.... Edited July 4, 2008 by Picnic06 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo 1st Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 warouz.. i see the tittie, i tot is posted by leepee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeniz Turbocharged July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 Good work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingcopa 1st Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 Easier in communication? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuan 6th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 Their country so big, oops, I mean, province only hor, the police can catch not only one, but 10 able and well trained terror suspects. Sinkapore, a small dot, so insignificant as compared to Sumatra which is so big, cannot even catch a limp in Mas Selamat. What is the world going on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo 1st Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 indon polis got CIA/ Aussie n brit intel to help one. according to google, this feller is also one of the top chaps [inline 5.jpg] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 There is a special unit trained for such purpose..... This "Special Detachment 88" was trained by US and Australian as anti-terror police. Well done..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuan 6th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 So they must come and train our SPF? Better not, wait we need to pay more taxes and more ERP gantries being erected for the training fees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 indon polis got CIA/ Aussie n brit intel to help one. so.... are we receptive to outside intel....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 The name of the unit sounds so cheena leh, "88" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 Hmmm... success is 'Huat Ah'...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 SO u know how they operate liao...they use $$ as their primary weapon cum intelligence of choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearoil 1st Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 So obvious and simple answer to your posted question..... There are simply so many of them there that all the Indo have to do is to reach out anytime and they can net so many of them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 Also reported by CNA : Home Affairs Ministry says S'porean caught in Sumatra is not Mas Selamat. By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 July 2008 1708 hrs SINGAPORE : Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed that the Singaporean arrested in Sumatra by the Indonesian authorities for links with Jemaah Islamiyah is not Mas Selamat Kastari. A spokesman said the ministry has been in communication with its Indonesian counterpart, but it is unable to share more details as this is an ongoing operational matter. Indonesian media reports have identified the Singaporean as Abu Hazam, who is also known as Omar. Abu Hazam was arrested last Saturday in the Sumatran village of Sekayu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin 4th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 why indo so big can catch terrorist. sg so small yet smell no smoke?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 SO u know how they operate liao...they use $$ as their primary weapon cum intelligence of choice well we also use $$$ for reward for MSK whereabout but to no avail..... maybe "Money Not Enough"...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear July 4, 2008 Share July 4, 2008 (edited) For the country's most wanted man...Only $10K niah, see this amount i want to luff! Edited July 4, 2008 by Rickster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 4, 2008 Author Share July 4, 2008 err.... , i though it was up to 50k.... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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