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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-03 01:57 PM
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U.S. Says 'Hambali' Suspected in Bali Bombing Caught
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Edited on Thu Aug-14-03 02:04 PM by Newsjock
Edit with link to Reuters; changed title
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3280026

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - An Indonesian man known as "Hambali," suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings and the more recent JW Marriott blast in Jakarta, has been captured, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.

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Edit: From 'The Nation' in Thailand: a somewhat different version than what CNN is reporting
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&theme=A&usrsess=1&id=19088

Hambali, Asia’s most wanted man and second in command of the alleged terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), has been arrested in Ayutthaya on suspicion of plotting to stage a terrorist attack during the Apec summit in October, sources said yesterday.

Hambali, whose real name is Riduan Isamuddin, has been held since early this week in a secret location for questioning by Thai authorities and FBI officials from the US, sources said.

... Authorities have confiscated a number of explosive devices and weapons, which Hambali allegedly confessed were being prepared for use in a terrorist attack during Apec, which brings together prime ministers, presidents, and chief executives from 21 Asia-Pacific econo-mies.

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