FBI chief to arrive for terror talks<\/p>\n
Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation
\n(FBI) Robert S. Mueller is scheduled to visit Bali this week for
\ntwo days of talks with senior government officials on the war
\nagainst terror, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement released on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
Mueller is due to arrive on Friday and will hold talks with
\nCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo
\nBambang Yudhoyono and National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar on
\nways to improve existing cooperation between the two countries to
\ncombat terrorism.<\/p>\n
Mueller's trip to Indonesia is part of a regional tour. He is
\ndue in Malaysia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has come under pressure lately from neighbors
\nSingapore and Malaysia to take tougher action against alleged
\nterrorist leaders based here.<\/p>\n
Singapore has named Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who
\nruns the Al-Mukmin Muslim boarding school in Sukoharjo, Central
\nJava, as current leader of the allegedly al Qaeda-linked Jamaah
\nIslamiyah group.<\/p>\n
Late last year, 13 alleged Jamaah Islamiyah operatives were
\ndetained in Singapore for allegedly plotting to blow up U.S.
\ntargets there. Singapore says some of them have identified
\nBa'asyir as their leader.<\/p>\n
Last week, Ba'asyir filed a lawsuit against the Singaporean
\ngovernment. He has denied having links with international
\nterrorists.<\/p>\n
Singapore has also identified Muslim cleric Hambali, alias
\nNurjaman Riduan Isamuddin, as linked to international terrorism
\nand the planned terror attacks in Singapore. Indonesian police
\nsay they have asked Interpol to arrest Hambali in connection with
\nbombings of Indonesian churches on Christmas Eve 2000, which left
\n18 people dead. -- JP<\/p>",
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