www.Anshar.net & Chatroom Jihad

Some of the creators of the jihadist website, www.anshar.net, have been arrested in Semarang, and, it turns out, Imam Samudra is still busy directing the jihad from his prison cell, via internet chat rooms.

Agung Prabowo, 23, and Agung Setyadi, 31, were arrested for allegedly having helped maintain the now shut-down www.anshar.net web site, in which, among other things, instructions were …

Comment by ivan: … libanon, in poso. Are blind for all of this.

Tibo Execution

… an amnesty was declared for those involved in the violence that racked the towns of Poso and Palu in central Sulawesi between 1998 and 2000, but, as Father Rinaldy Damanik, the head of the Majelis Sinode Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST), explains :

If Tibo is executed then just who will the amnesty be given to? Why are Tibo, & co. not included in discussions of granting amnesty?
(Kalau Tibo dieksekusi, lantas kepada siapa saja amnesti itu akan diberikan. Kenapa …

Comment by Zantos: … been living in Poso for 3 years before it’s …

Amrozi, Imam Samudra, Ali Gufron

Those convicted of the 2002 Bali bombings are scheduled to be executed on 22nd August. Last minute appeals may however delay this.

The office of the Attorney General, Abdul Rahman Saleh, said that the three men, Imam Samudra, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Ali Gufron, alias Mukhlas convicted of the 2002 Bali bombings in which over 200 people died, would be executed at the island jail of …

Comment by Rob: … in terms of the Poso Three as there were claims before …

Nadine Chandrawinata

The Miss Universe contestant from Indonesia, Nadine Chandrawinata, has strutted about in a bikini, to the displeasure of some.

Nadine Chandra Winata, the reigning Miss Indonesia, who was born in Germany but has some Indonesian parentage, appeared in a bikini at a Miss Universe 2006 photo shoot for their annual calendar, despite the fact that she could have chosen to wear a one-piece …

Comment by tamm: … & also in POSO till 2004 (WHO’S THE KILLER?) …

The Crusades & Liberal Islam

The "Jaringan Islam Emansipatoris", or Emancipatory Islamic Network, write about the Crusades and get it all wrong.

The Crusades, they say , starting off on the right historical foot, were begun under the reign of Pope Urban II in 1095 and were meant to recover the holy places of Christianity, above all Jerusalem, for the Christian world. Across the Eastern Mediterranean military …

Comment by decr_ryan: … of jihad in ambon,Poso etc or suicide bombing in …

Tentena Marketplace Bombing

… lost lives, the bombing represented one of the worst atrocities in the "post-conflict" era of the Poso and Palu area, and surrounding towns like Tentena.

Yesterday, 3rd July, Paulus Purwoko, the head of the security operation in central Sulawesi (Komando Operasi Keamanan (Koopskam)), said mediaindo that four men were believed to have been behind the attack.

Four people carried out the attack and they have already been arrested and sent to Jakarta to undergo …

Eklesia Church, Poso

A bomb exploded in the Eklesia church in Poso, central Sulawesi.

The bomb, thought to be a homemade device, exploded on Saturday night at the Eklesia church, on Jl. Pulau Seram in Gebang Rejo village, in the Central Sulawesi regency of Poso, but no casualties were reported.

The explosion was heard about three km's away, but caused no major physical damage to the building. The church was still under renovation after suffering …

Majelis Mujahidin Unhappy

… ferocity. He mentioned the names of pastor Damanik and Fabianus Tibo (who is on death row) in Poso, and Alex Manuputty of the Republic of South Moluccas (Republik Maluku Selatan) group.

This all, he said, was giving rise to antipathy on the part of Muslims towards the security forces.

The anti-terror law of 2003 has been used to discredit the Muslim community. The definition of terrorism has been monopolised by Detachment 88 in order to belittle the Muslim community.
(UU N0 15 …

Mass Graves in Poso

Over the last month police in Poso, central Sulawesi, have discovered the remains of 700 people killed in sectarian violence in 2000.

Yesterday a pit was dug up in the district of Lage, about 12 km's to the south of Poso town, in which was found the skeletons of seven people. The Lage area was the scene of fierce fighting in May and June of 2000.

The dig was led by regional police chief Brigadier General Oegroseno. …

Comment by DeathBlitz: … brutal massacre in Poso.

Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws

… in response to the massacre of about 200 Muslims at the Walisongo Islamic Boarding School, in Poso, central Sulawesi, in 2000. Agus Dwikarna, the commander of this militia, is also a Committee figure.

On March 13, 2002, Agus himself was arrested by Philippino police along with Jamal Balfas and Tamsil Linrung at Manila airport on charges of possessing explosives. Tamsil, an advisor to the Committee and a member of the House of Representatives from the Justice & Prosperity Party …

Schoolgirl Beheading Case

… in the infamous and appalling case of the beheading murders of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Sulawesi last year.

Police are reported mediaindo to have captured two men, Taufik alias Opik, whose attempted arrest previously had turned into a debacle, and one Hasanudin. Both men are thought to have been involved in the grisly murders of the girls as they walked to school in October 2005, as well as in the murder of Helmy Tobiling, a soldier's wife, in July 2004. bbc …

Comment by Reynaldo Ranada: … video of POSO killing in Indonesia, I wonder why …

KTP Religion

… based on their religion in conflict areas such as Sulawesi and Ambon, like poor Mr Jelin in Poso yesterday.

However, the bill still obliges every citizen and every family to include their religion on their identity cards, as seen in in Article 68, and only official religions, - Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism and Buddhism, and probably Confucianism (although the Jakarta Post says not adnki ) - are acceptable.

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18th November 2006.

Despite …

Religious Freedom Report

… and November 2005, eight Christian girls and one Muslim girl who was mistaken for a Christian from Poso were killed in three separate attacks. Three of the girls were beheaded. In January 2006, a bomb exploded at a "pork butcher" in the city of Palu, killing several customers. Local religious leaders condemned the attacks as the work of "outside extremists" and expressed continued support for expanded security and reconciliation efforts.

See another view of the conflict in Poso …

Indonesia Counterterrorism Report

… killing five policemen and their cook. Later that month, two bombs exploded in a market near Poso in central Sulawesi. This largely Christian area experienced a grisly attack in late October when six masked men beheaded three teenage Christian schoolgirls and seriously injured a fourth. In early November, two teenage schoolgirls, one Muslim and the other Christian, were critically wounded in the same region after being shot in the head by gunmen at a bus stop. In late November, masked …

JI Strategy & Tactics

… report, from Detiknews of April 12, stated that a suicide bombing had been planned for the town of Poso in central Sulawesi, scene of sectarian bloodshed over the last 6 years. The report stated that a man carrying a backpack would likely carry out the operation.

Noordin and his compatriot Dr. Azahari bin Husin, who was killed in October 2005, were unhappy with JI's rate of attacks. Major truck bomb operations were conducted on roughly an annual basis (for instance, Bali in October 2002, …

Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva, & Marinus Riwu

… expressed the fear that the executions could trigger a new wave of sectarian hostilities in Poso.

I can't imagine about what will happen after the execution, as hundreds of emotional Christian people would carry the three men's coffins along the 20 kilometre road connecting Tagolu village to Poso and Beteleme in Morowali regency.

said Damanik, who himself was released from detention in 2004 for alleged involvement in the fighting.

Damanik also said the execution would "bury …

Comment by Sevrin: … Theresa Church in Poso as one of the important mass in …

Poso & Palu News

Poso political problems.

When the town of Poso in central Sulawesi erupted into inter-communal violence in 1998 the precursor to the fighting, which dragged on for four years intermittently and caused about 2000 deaths, were local government disputes and rivalries, specifically over whether a Christian or a Muslim would be regent of the area, which then broke out into open conflict. …

Military Involvement in Christian Militia

Evidence that military figures were involved in the formation of Christian militias in Poso.

In the continuing saga of the impending executions of three Christian men convicted of murder of Muslims during the civil strife that has plagued central Sulawesi since 1998 it has emerged, from the defence's side, that there exists some evidence of the security forces having involvement in instigating and leading the troubles between Christians and Muslims.

The men's lawyers, …

Comment by Ibrahim Wiranto: … That’s why Poso will find no justice.

Terrorism in Sulawesi & Ambon

… have I seen any hard evidence that links individual members of the military to acts of violence in Poso and Tentena. There are assumptions but there is no evidence.

These assumptions are based on past experiences. For instance, in Ambon in mid-2001 a small group of soldiers from TNI (Indonesian Military) provided basic military training to Laskar Jihad, a Java-based fundamentalist militia, and supplied them with modern weapons. And when Poso erupted in 1998 the initial outbreak of violence …

Impending Executions of Christian Men

… crucifixes from the Pope.

This is the second time Pope Benedict XVI has sent a special envoy to Poso. The Pope also sent a written message to the families of three high school students who were beheaded on October 29th last year. The Pope told the families of his sorrow and said he had prayed for the three girls and their families, and for peace in Poso.

Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said last month the three convicts would soon be executed despite new evidence that they are not …

Poso Bombings

… glass and nails. It was similar to the bombs that had been used in other attacks on Palu, and Poso, approximately 300 km east of Palu.

Update, January 03, 2006 - Part 2. It now appears the bomb used in the blast was packed with the head of a mortar round and ball bearings, not nails and glass as earlier reported, police said today, Jan. 03. Traces of potassium chlorate, sulfur and aluminum were also found at the bomb site.
Mulyono, the 37 year old man being held for …