Farouk Arnaz – It had been almost four years since a major terror attack hit Indonesia. Maybe we were feeling too secure from bombers.
Terrorism & Religious Extremism
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December 27, 2009
December 24, 2009
Indonesia's antiterror police say the father-in-law of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top was arrested Thursday in West Java.
December 22, 2009
Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Terrorist cells across the country are still actively recruiting members and planning future attacks, the elite counterterrorism squad said Monday, despite t
December 13, 2009
Ulma Haryanto – Noordin M.
November 30, 2009
Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – With terrorism still very much a threat across the archipelago, the government is now preparing to upgrade the existing anti-terror desk to allow it to inves
November 26, 2009
Jakarta – Former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), A.M.
November 24, 2009
Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Foreign citizens have yet again become the target of terror attacks in Aceh, this time against two American citizens staying in a house at the Syiah Kual
November 19, 2009
Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's antit
Jakarta – Indonesia's counter-terror chief called Thursday for greater power to hold suspects, warning that Islamist extremists remained active despite the death of terror mastermind No
November 14, 2009
Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Human rights monitor Imparsial has urged the government to thoroughly review its counterterrorism policy, arguing the current "repressive" approach will not p
November 3, 2009
Candra Malik, Solo – Noordin M Top is dead, but the feared Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network is not, experts gathered here said on Tuesday.
November 2, 2009
Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has ensured the recommended special body to prevent and combat terrorism will not become a repressive body reminiscent of the New Order era.
October 23, 2009
Anne Barrowclough Kepuhsari (Java) – Until his death in a police shoot-out last month he was South-East Asia's most wanted man; an Islamic militant responsible for countless atrocities
Jakarta – People living around campuses should be wary of any activities that may aim to recruit terrorist cadres, an official said Thursday.
October 16, 2009
Dicky Christanto and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The radical ideology that fueled the recent bombings in Indonesia has a firm rooting in the country's universities and sprouts largely f
October 13, 2009
The hardline Indonesian terrorist group founded by slain militant Noordin Mohammed Top has been left in complete turmoil by the killing of its new leader, analysts say.
October 12, 2009
Candra Malik – Radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said police committed murder when they killed suspected terrorists Muhammad Syahrir and Saefudin Jaelani during a raid in Ciputat,
Tom Allard, Jakarta – Counter-terrorism authorities in Indonesia and across South-East Asia will redouble efforts to find two men who have been at large since the first Bali bombings th
Jakarta – Indonesian villagers said on Monday they had rejected a request by the family of two terror suspects killed by police to bury the bodies in their village, saying they were unw
October 10, 2009
Jakarta – Residents of Sampiran hamlet in Benjaran village in Talun district, Cirebon, West Java, have refused the bodies of two slain suspected terrorist brothers – Syaifudin Zuhri and
Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesian police believe they have killed the two most wanted terrorists in the country after a raid on a boarding house where militants linked to the July hotel
October 9, 2009
Nurfika Osman & Candra Malik – Terrorism experts and religious leaders were critical of police after two suspected terrorists were reportedly killed in a raid on Friday, saying secu
A police source has told the Jakarta Globe they are convinced that the two men killed in Friday's terror raid are Saifuddin Zuhri bin Djaelani Irsyad and Mohamad Syahrir, both wanted in
October 2, 2009
Candra Malik, Solo – The body of a terror suspect shot dead in a police raid last month was buried under tight security and cover of darkness in the early hours of Friday in his hometow
October 1, 2009
Tom Allard, Jakarta – Saifuddin Jaelani, the man who has emerged as the most wanted terrorist in Indonesia, may have been planning a wave of monthly attacks, Indonesian police say.
September 30, 2009
Angus Hohenboken – Two Indonesian suicide bombers were filmed discussing martyrdom and being instructed to target Australians, just weeks before they blew up two Jakarta hotels, killing
September 28, 2009
Candra Malik, Solo – Tensions over the burial of a terrorist are not over, with hundreds of residents protesting over the weekend at the two cemeteries near Solo considered for the inte
September 25, 2009
Candra Malik, Solo – The suspected terrorists killed here last week continued to cause trouble on Thursday, with anger between groups of armed protesters over one of their burials nearl
Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Friday said an uproar over the burials of three terrorists in Central Java stemmed from a residents' deep aversion to being labeled as extremist areas.
Candra Malik – Anyone want a piece of Noordin M Top?
Dicky Christanto and Agus Maryono, Jakarta, Purbalingga – Relatives of deceased terror suspects Bagus "Urwah" Budi Pranoto and Ario "Aji" Sudarso insisted on bringing home the bodies of
September 24, 2009
Camelia Pasandaran & Bati Kartini – Two suspected terrorists killed earlier this month in Indonesia's Central Java province may have been able to ingratiate themselves with communit
Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Mijen village in the Central Java town of Kudus protested Wednesday against plans to bury terror suspect Bagus "Urwah" Budi Pranoto in
September 23, 2009
Camelia Pasandaran – One of Indonesia's highest authorities on Islam on Wednesday demanded that local government handle burial arrangements for the terror suspects killed in a raid last
Sunanda Creagh – Unbeknown to 12-year-old Andika Bayu Pamungkas and his friends, the seemingly innocuous martial arts sessions in their Indonesian village were actually the first steps
September 19, 2009
Tom Allard – There was a rather apt detail about the demise of Noordin Mohammed Top in a hail of gunfire in the early hours of Thursday.
September 18, 2009
Candra Malikm, Kepuhsari (Solo) – Thousands of curious sightseers have flocked to the house where the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, and three other suspects were killed
Febriamy Hutapea – Several senior lawmakers on the House of Representatives' defense commission on Friday opposed the government's initial plan to draft laws similar to Malaysia's tough
Camelia Pasandaran – National Police Chief Gen.
Hannah Beech – The news felt familiar: after a dramatic shootout in central Java, Indonesian police had managed to corner and kill the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed T
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will release DNA test results to remove any doubt one of Asia's most wanted militants was killed, police said on Friday, as neighboring Australia urg
September 17, 2009
Nurfika Osman – The deputy chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said that a police terror raid operation in Solo on Thursday morning was "inappropr
Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province today, the country's police chief said.
Imron Rosyid, Solo – Noordin Muhammed Top, a militant mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and terrorized Indonesia with a string of deadly al-Qaida-funded bombings, was killed
The death of wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a raid in Central Java on Thursday marks the end of a police chase for a man who the US State Department once said was a suspect in every
September 8, 2009
Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – A push by Indonesia to dramatically toughen its approach to fighting Islamist militants has come under fire as a threat to human rights that could ultimately r
September 5, 2009
Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police have agreed to the President's call for the Indonesian Military (TNI) to take an active role in combating terrorism, saying military pers
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A former senior security official experienced in fighting terrorism said on Thursday that deradicalization programs for terror suspects and their supporters s
September 3, 2009
Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – The Islamist mastermind allegedly behind deadly July suicide bombings in Jakarta is likely hiding out on Indonesia's main island of Java, a top anti-terrorism
September 2, 2009
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering tough new anti-terror legislation that would enable detention without charge for up to two years and prosecution of radical preac
