Two JI members arrested in E. Java<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesian police said Wednesday they have arrested two
\nmembers of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network who were
\nallegedly trained by Muslim separatist rebels in the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Yudi and Usman were arrested by East Java police almost three
\nweeks ago, said Chief Commissioner Ade Raharja, a district police
\nchief in Surabaya, capital of East Java.<\/p>\n
He told AFP that Yudi had been in charge of smuggling weapons
\ninto Indonesia while Usman was a JI member recruiter.<\/p>\n
He said both men had told police they had heard about Imam
\nSamudra -- the alleged Bali bombing field commander -- but had
\nnever met him in person.<\/p>\n
But both men had admitted of "communicating" in the past with
\nMubarok, another key suspect in the bombings last Oct. 12 that
\nkilled 202 people from 21 countries.<\/p>\n
Reputed JI leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is on trial in Jakarta
\nfor waging a holy war to try to topple the Jakarta government and
\nset up an Islamic state. The Muslim cleric faces a 20-year jail
\nterm if convicted of treason.<\/p>\n
Samudra and five other suspects -- including the man who
\nallegedly purchased the van used in one of the bombings, Amrozi
\n-- are on trial on the resort island.<\/p>\n
JI, which seeks to create a pan-Islamic state across Southeast
\nAsia, is blamed for the Bali blasts and the Christmas Eve and
\nother bombings.<\/p>\n
The group aims to destabilise the region through terror
\nattacks and unite Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and the
\nsouthern Philippines under a fundamentalist umbrella.<\/p>\n
JI has been strongly linked to the al-Qaeda network of Osama
\nbin Laden.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has detained more than 30 people for the Bali blasts
\nand says several of them are JI members.<\/p>\n
Eighteen alleged JI members, including three Bali suspects,
\nwere arrested last month but four were later released. --AFP<\/p>",
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