JI plans bombings in RI, RP: Abu Rusdan has admitted that he led

JI plans bombings in RI, RP: Abu Rusdan has admitted that he led
meetings to plan a series of bombings in Indonesia and the
Philippines. The National Police Headquarters's detectives chief
Comr. Gen. Erwin Mappaseng told reporters on Thursday that
Rusdan, who was arrested late last month in Central Java with 17
other alleged Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) members across the country,
replaced cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir as JI leader. Erwin said
Rusdan is the son of Mohammad Faleh, whom Ba'asyir met and
befriended while they were detained by the New Order regime in
the 1960s. Faleh was said to be a fighter of Darul Islam group,
which wanted to set up an Islamic state in Indonesia. Ba'asyir is
currently being tried at the Central Jakarta District Court for
treason. -- JP