Banks ordered to block Indonesians' assets<\/p>\n
USA: The government ordered U.S. banks to block any financial
\nassets in the United States of three Indonesians who are alleged
\nto be leaders of the al-Qaeda-lined Southeast Asian terrorist
\ngroup Jamaah Islamiyah (JI).<\/p>\n
The Treasury Department added on Thursday Zulkarnaen, Abu
\nRusdan and Joko Pitono to its blocking list, which names
\nterrorist suspects and seeks to freeze their assets.<\/p>\n
Zulkarnaen, whose real name is Aris Sumarsono, is believed by
\nregional security officials to have stepped in as Jamaah
\nIslamiyah's operations chief in 2003 after the group's main
\ncontact with al-Qaeda, an Indonesian called Hambali, was
\narrested.<\/p>\n
Abu Rusdan was imprisoned last year for helping hide one of
\nthe suspects in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Indonesia's Bali
\nisland that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.<\/p>\n
Washington believes Rusdan replaced cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
\nas Jemaah Islamiyah's spiritual leader after Ba'asyir was
\narrested in 2002.<\/p>\n
Regional security officials say Pitono, also known as
\nDulmatin, is a top bombmaker for the group and is a suspect in
\nseveral Jamaah Islamiyah bomb plots, including Bali. He is
\nbelieved to be hiding in the Philippines. --AP<\/p>",
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