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Jakarta Hotel Bombing Suspect Dead?

Jakarta Hotel Bombing Suspect Dead?

Most wanted Malaysian Islamic terrorist, Noordin Mohammad Top, 40, member of the Jemaah Islaymiyah splinter group Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad, is being reported dead, although it has not yet been confirmed by the Indonesian government.  He was reportedly killed in a  duel raid, one on a house in Beji village, Temanggung, Central Java and another in […]

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Jakarta Bombing Update II

Jakarta Bombing Update II

-AP has published more on the Indonesia Hotel Bombing suspect, Malaysian born,  Noordin Mohammad Top.  The U.S. State Department believes he aided in financing the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings.  After becoming radicalized in an Islamic boarding school ran by the Indonesian Muslim cleric, Abdullah Sungkar, he underwent  training in the Southern Philippines and joined […]

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Jakarta Hotel Bombings: Update

CNN is reporting that Malaysian-born Noordin M. Top is believed to have been involved in the recent bombings at the Jakarta Marriott and Ritz Carlton, in the Mega Kuningan business district: Top is reportedly an officer, recruiter, bombmaker, and trainer for the JI group that was involved in a previous attack on the Marriott — […]

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Video of Jakarta Hotel Bombings

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New Jakarta Hotel Bombings

New Jakarta Hotel Bombings

At approximately 8AM in Kuningan, Jakarta, simultaneous bombs detonated at the Marriott and  Ritz-Carlton Hotels.  At least 8 people have been killed in the blasts and over 100 wounded.  At least a dozen foreigners were injured, including citizens of Australia, Norway,  South Korea, and India. During a press conference, recently re-elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang […]

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