Noordin Top Hunt

The hunt for Noordin M. Top in East Java.

The first reports of something major on the anti-terror front happening in the Mojokerto area of East Java came on 1st August. Some local people had noticed a number of unfamiliar men, who spoke Malay, wandering about near the Welirang mountain in Gondang regency. It appears the men were scavenging, stealing food and supplies from local people.

One local …

Amrozi Executed by Firing Squad

Amrozi, Muklas, and Imam Samudra are executed by firing squad.

Ali Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron aka Muklas/Mukhlas, and Abdul Aziz aka Imam Samudra aka Qudama were executed at Nusakambangan island prison, Cilacap, Central Java, some time after midnight on Sunday 9th November, for their roles in the 2002 Bali …

Comment by Ross: … we don’t have to go through all this nonsense again if …

Terror Threat

… not murder.

Any terrorist acts that had been committed were done by renegade members, such as Noordin M. Top, Dr Azahari, Imam Samudera, and Amrozi, who were not loyal to the JI leadership.

Abbas said that JI did, and does, carry out military and weapons training, but that these skills were not meant to be used to randomly kill people, as in the Bali bombings.

Abbas, who used to be the "Mantiqi 3" (Third Command) leader of Al Jamaah Al Islamiyah, with responsibility for operations …

Djoko Santoso

General Djoko Santoso warns students about foreign agents.

Army Chief of Staff General Djoko Santoso said on 10th November that there were many foreign secret service agents and agents provocateur in Indonesia who attempted to recruit, in particular, university students.

Djoko Santoso.

Speaking to a group of students in Magelang, Central Java, he warned:

There are a lot of …

Comment by Dragonwall: … and Afghanistan. Noordin Top is one, Abu Dujana is …

Javanese Terrorists

The Javanese are more likely to become terrorists than other ethnic groups.

Professor Azyumardi Azra, a liberal Muslim intellectual and former rector of Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN; State Islamic University) in Jakarta, said on June 23rd how surprised he was that most terrorists in Indonesia were of Javanese origin, given the fact that the Javanese are often not known for their …

Comment by Doadelu: … released by Noordin M Top could become a good …

Individualism

People are anti-social and individualist, allowing terrorists to hide easily.

On the recent arrests of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkarsih and Abu Dujana ( Yusron Mahmudi/Ainul Bahri ) the chairman of the Magelang parliament in Central Java , Achmad Labib (PKB, dprd-magelangkab ), complains that the modern tendency towards individualism is the reason why terrorists are able to …

Comment by Fanglong: Has Noordin M. Top been arrested or not ?

Yusril Ihza Mahendra

Yusril Ihza Mahendra's dismissal from the Cabinet, foreign interference, and presidential plans.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra was dismissed from his position as State Secretary in the cabinet of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 7th May due to, according to many, the likelihood that he is criminally connected with Tommy Suharto 's stealing of state funds. asiasentinel

Yusril Ihza …

Comment by Rambutan: … of Dr Azhari and Noordin M Top. So what are tighter visa …

Wonogiri Hunt

… recent robbery of a cattle trader in Wonogiri had raised some suspicions along these lines.

Noordin Moh. Top, mug shot, and while proving he knows the names of various world leaders.

For the end of the year police in Surakarta are carrying out Operation "Sapu Jagat" in which about a hundred officers will take part, with attention centred on the Wonogiri area, because Wonogiri is a big, quiet district with lots of nooks and crannies. Several places in particular are receiving the …

Comment by Fanglong: Is Noordin on his way to his guru in …

Bush’s Blood Halal

Habib Rizieq of the Islam Defenders' Front says it is religiously permissible to murder George Bush.

During a speech given to a large crowd protesting against the upcoming visit by George Bush to Indonesia Habib Rizieq said at Jakarta on Sunday 19th November:

Bush can be killed by anyone who has the chance to kill him. It's not just that it is permissible to kill him, he must be …

Comment by Fanglong: … a republic or even Noordin M Top)? Bodhicitta is the core …

A&W Jakarta Bomb

A bomb exploded at an A&W restaurant in Jakarta.

The low-explosive bomb went off at the Kramat Jati Indah plaza branch of the American fast food chain in east Jakarta at about 13.00 today. One person, with the intitials MN, was hurt, he being the person who carried the bomb into the restaurant. The motive is not yet known. One witness said the man pretended to be sick, or was sick, and …

Comment by Fanglong: … Amrozi, Noordin M. Top are less “Muslims” …

Roots of Indonesian Terrorism

… were among the most dangerous of terrorists in the world. Nasir said he believes key JI leader Noordin M. Top, who remains on the run, continues to recruit new jihadists.

Nasir, who was arrested in 2003 in Bekasi, West Java, said JI was established in 1993 to defend Islamic lands against infidels.

We were recruited not to carry out suicide attacks but to wage jihad against countries and against any non-Muslims who invaded Muslim countries. We were taught about certain extreme …

Pesantren Students

… of them women. Kuncoro says he is certain none of them are connected to the terrorist group led by Noordin M. Top, a Malaysian long active in Indonesia.

Abdul Azis

… terrorism.

Aziz was also found guilty of creating the website www.anshar.net on the orders of Noordin Mohammad Top, who is believed to have been one of the masterminds behind the attacks. Aziz was also convicted of helping to harbour Noordin, who has several times eluded capture by Indonesian police. Azis found and rented a house in Pekalongan, Central Java, for Noordin in mid 2005 and thereafter visited him there about ten times.

Upon visiting Noordin Azis was instructed to build the …

www.Anshar.net & Chatroom Jihad

… hacker for the rather active Semarang, Central Java, branch of the Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, led by Noordin M. Top, and is also a member of the Forum Kajian Islam Semarang.

The two men, as can be gleaned from police Cyber Crime Unit head Petrus Reinhard's description, have rather a lot of aliases:

The first man is Mohammad Agung Prabowo alias Max Fiderman alias Ahmad alias Agung alias Kalingga alias Bebekbebekan alias Maxhazer and the second man is Agung Setyadi alais Pakne alias …

Remissions

… hotel in Jakarta, received three months off his sentence of eight years. Also, the wife of Noordin M. Top, mentioned below, got two months off her two-year sentence for helping to hide her husband from the authorities.

Meanwhile president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that security forces need to remain vigilant against terrorist attacks because the man who masterminded most of the past terrorist attacks in Indonesia, Noordin M. Top, was still at large.

Yudhoyono acknowledged …

Abu Bakar Bashir

Some of the "sayings" of Abu Bakar Bashir after his release from prison.

Baasyir says that Noordin M. Top has taken the wrong path. Indonesia is not at war therefore bombings are not permitted.

I say to them that they are martyrs who have taken the wrong path. It's not permitted to use weapons or bombs in a land that is at peace.
(Saya katakan mereka itu mujahid yang salah jalan. Tidak boleh berjuang dengan menggunakan senjata ataupun bom di wilayah damai.)

and

Using …

Terror Updates & Latest News

… operations and civil affairs units.

The major news of the week was of the possibility that Noordin M. Top's group had intended to target the D-8 conference in Bali and/or the celebration of the Buddhist holiday of Waisak, at Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta special region.

The National Police Chief, General Sutanto, in a hearing at the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission for Law, claimed that one of the men captured in last month's raid, one Mustaghfirin, had confessed these …

Majelis Mujahidin Unhappy

The Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, MMI, have issued a "summons" to the police, claiming there is a witch-hunt against the Muslim community.

The Mujahidin Council, long fond of the summons tactic, (see their summons of the leaders of Bali ), filed their complaint to the police special anti-terrorist unit, Detachment 88 (Densus 88) specifically over the raid on a terrorist hideout in central …

Schoolgirl Beheading Case

… chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Rudi Sufahriadi said.

Two of the suspects also say they have ties to Noordin Top, regarded as a key leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), according to Central Sulawesi police chief Brigadier General Oegroseno.

November 8th

The trial of Hasanuddin has begun. Prosecutors alleged that Hasanuddin wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims by Christian mobs during sectarian fighting between 1999 and 2002 and left a handwritten note with the …

Jabir, alias Gempur Budi Prakoso

One of two men killed by police in last week in a raid on the suspected hideout of Noordin Mohammed Top was a bombmaker who probably assembled the bombs used in two recent attacks in Bali and Jakarta. He died with a bomb strapped to his chest.

Jabir, alias Gempur Budi Prakoso, who it appears enjoys the support of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, was shot dead on Saturday in a raid on a house in Wosonobo, central Java, and apparently learned his bombmaking skills …

Terror Networks On Java

… has released an extensive and detailed report on the nature of the terrorist network assembled by Noordin Mohammed Top.

Noordin, who is featured on the FBI's " seeking information " page, here, is believed responsible for leading the attacks, along with his late comrade Azhari Husin, on the Paddy's nightclub in Kuta, Bali, the Marriott Hotel and Australian embassy in Jakarta, and the second, smaller bombings in two Bali restaurants last year.

The report shows how Noordin has …

MMI Show Support For Terrorist

About fifty members of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) visited the home of slain terrorist Gempur Budi Angkoro alias Jabir , killed by police in a raid on Saturday, to give their moral support to his family.

They arrived at the man's home in Madiun, Java, unannounced and unexpected, according to Jabir's uncle, Slamet Zein:

I didn't ask them where they were from so I don't …

Bomb & Video Found

… used in the second Bali bombings that killed 23 people in October last year, during the raid on Noordin Mohammed's hideout in central Java on Saturday.

The bomb was found on Sunday night inside a house in Jatiwungu village in Temanggung regency, central Java, after information was gained from the two militants arrested after a weekend raid on their hideout, National Police spokesman Brigadier General Anton Bachrul Alam said.

The bomb was active. All the materials used for the …

Indonesia Counterterrorism Report

… and marked a major victory for Indonesian counterterrorism efforts. Azahari and JI recruiter Noordin Mohammed Top, a Malaysian, are suspected in nearly every major terrorist attack in Indonesia in the last five years, including the 2000 Christmas Eve bombings, the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, the 2003 J.W. Marriott hotel bombing, and the 2004 Australian Embassy bombing. Indonesian police continued an intense manhunt for Noordin Top, who remains at large.

Building upon the death of …

Video Of Police Raid

Quite a good quality video from antv of the police raid on a terrorist hideout in central Java on Saturday.

At Reuters …

Terrorists Captured or Killed

… police have captured or killed a number of Islamic terrorists in central Java, while the main man, Noordin Mohamad Top, slipped away.

Originally it was reported that one among those captured/killed was Noordin Mohamad Top, the Malaysian leader of the main Islamic terrorist group in Indonesia, but later reports suggest that he removed himself from the place shortly before police arrived.

The police anti-terror squad, Detachment 88, surrounded a house in Wonosobo, central …

JI Strategy & Tactics

… A report by Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper in Japan of April 17 contended that last year Noordin Mohammed Top, one of JI's leaders, instructed his subordinates to conduct reconnaissance on the vast Paiton Energy coal-fired thermal power plant, 150 kilometers southeast of Surabaya, in east Java.

The power plant, which is owned and operated by a consortium of Japanese, British and U.S. companies, provides much of the electricity for Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city and the …

Abdul Rasyid alias Hamdan

… they had made some catch.

Hamdan is believed to be an associate of Malaysian terrorist Noordin Muhammad Top and a part of his new split-off group called Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad.

Update April 21

Abdul Rasyid will be deported to Singapore where police have an interest in him.

Of course we will hand him over to Singapore. He is accused of crimes there and he is a Singaporean citizen.
(Tentunya kami akan menyerahkan dia ke Singapura. Ia dituduh melakukan kejahatan di …

Support for Sharia & Islamic Radicalism

… in order to defend Islam.

Support and Very Much Support - 8.9%.

The attacks carried out by Noordin M Top, Dr Azhari, Imam Samudera, and Amrozi are permitted as forms of Islamic resistance against the west.

Agree and Strongly Agree - 8%.

Do you agree with the following statements?

Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaidah have committed a number of terrorist acts in various countries.

Agree and Strongly Agree - 43%.

Anti-American actions/measures by the Islamic community in …

Two Terrorists Arrrested

… special counterterror squad, Detachment 88, arrested Ahmad Basir for allegedly harbouring Noordin M. Top and the late Azahari Husin in Jemaah Islamiyah safe houses. He could also be charged with arranging for another man, Kholili, a suspect in detention for the 2005 Bali bombings, to attend military-style training in the central Javanese city of Solo, a notorious hotbed of Islamic radicalism.

Also arrested was Ahmad Arif Hermansyah, who taken into custody a day after Basir's …

Al-Qaeda Funding & Recent News

… National Police chief General Sutanto last month that in February 2002, Malaysian terror fugitive Noordin M. Top received $86,000 from al-Qaeda and in May 2003 $130,000 from people he described as Palestinians.

On another note Petrus said that based on a letter which had been found in a raid on a house in Semarang, central Java, the terrorists led by Noordin M. Top, now grouped under the banner of Tanzim Qaedat Al Jihad, were planning to target foreign individuals in Indonesia, …

Poso & Palu News

… (dana jihad) guna melakukan aksi kekerasan.)

One of the men even helped make a recording of Noordin M. Top wherein he threatened America and its allies.
(Seorang di antaranya bahkan ditengarai ikut membantu membuat rekaman video Noordin M. Top ketika mengancam Amerika Serikat dan sekutunya.)

From Kompas.

April 5th 2006. Tempo reports that 300 security personnel have been withdrawn from the troubled Poso area in central Sulawesi but that about 1650 new recruits are …

President Speaketh on Terrorism

… stabilitas dan kerja sama yang lebih besar.)

We are still active in pursuing terrorists like Noordin M Top, Dulmatin, and others but of course because they are on the run does not mean they are no longer dangerous. (Kami terus aktif mencari para teroris seperti Noordin M Top, Dulmatin dan lain-lain. Tentu, meski mereka dalam pelarian, bukan berarti mereka tidak berbahaya.

Terrorism is obviously dangerous for society and has become our top priority in national security policy. …

Comment by Kareem: … malaysia and noordin malaysia, come on while we …

Heightened Alert For Java

The newly founded Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad group led by Noordin M. Top has apparently decided to target Java for its next attack, after having carried out bomb attacks in Bali, October 1, 2005.

So said police Brigadier General Anton Bachrul Alam who claimed that the information was gleaned from documents seized after a raid on a house in Malang, East Java. However he also claimed that the group's strength had been seriously weakened due to …

Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad

The Malaysian terrorist Noordin M. Top, who heads the most wanted list in Indonesia and is believed to be somewhere in Java, has claimed that he now heads a new organisation, the Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad.

As we looked at in Sidney Jones's views on the structure of jemaah islamiyah, it appears there is some split in the organisation between those who want to continue the bombing campaign, and those who believe …

Jihad Recruiter Arrested

… weapon, VCDs and a tape recorder. Mujahid is believed to be an associate of the Malaysian national Noordin M. Top. His arrest brings the total number of terrorist captures this week to five, all of them in the towns and villages of central Java.

Why there is so much activity in the city of Semarang, and central Java generally, is a question of some interest considering that, in comparison, western Java is a far more Islamically oriented area and it might be expected that much of the …

Enceng Kurnia, Ahmad Rofiq Ridho, Purnama Putra

… Chinese-made pistols to another militant named Ahmad Rofiq Ridho, who later gave the pistols to Noordin Mohammad Top, one of the leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah in Indonesia.
Ahmad himself, who is the brother of Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, a leading member of JI killed by Philippine troops in 2003. is on trial separately for surveying bombing targets, including a Christian school in East Java, on the orders of Noordin.
Additionally Enceng is accused of smuggling one pistol out of the city of …

Sidney Jones on Jemaah Islamiyah

… its activities will be the cause of many more reports on these pages in the future. It’s going to be a long fight.

Comment by Fanglong: So, has Noordin M. Top been really arrested on …

Poso Bombings

… Affairs, Demak Lubis, said the bombing was connected to the terrorist network led by fugitive Noordin M. Top.
Based on our intelligence, Noordin has something to do with the bombing. The perpetrators are related to those who launched recent bomb attacks in Poso and Tentena (both in Central Sulawesi).

Update, January 08, 2006. Not to anyone’s surprise the police yesterday released the 37 year old Mulyono due to lack of evidence. Rais Adam, police spokesman:
Based on …

Terrorist Jewelry Shop Robbery

Indonesian police have stated that Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top, long active in Indonesia, was responsible for a fatal jewelry store robbery in Yogyakarta province earlier this month, December, 2005.

The police chief said:
Based on police investigations, there are indications that the gold store robbery in Yogyakarta was carried out by Noordin M. Top’s group.
Makbul said bullet casings found at the robbery, in which …