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Fingers pointed at Malaysian bombers

By Cynthia Banham and Deborah Snow
September 10, 2004

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Bomb suspects ... Noordin Mohamad Top and Azahari Husin.

Two Malaysian men, both members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah, emerged last night as suspects in the Australian Embassy bombings in Jakarta.

One, 45-year-old Azahari Husin - said by the terrorism expert Clive Williams to be "a known skilled bomb-maker" - is a British-trained engineer with a PhD who received extensive bomb training in Afghanistan.

He was thought to have written the JI bomb manual used in the Bali bombings in October 2002.

The other, 33-year-old Noordin Mohammed Top, is a JI administrator and key planner of the Bali attacks.

More at the Sydney Morning Herald

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1. There is an interesting analysis of Jemaah Islamiyah by Sidney Jones

of the International Crisis Group:

Jemaah Islamiyah in South East Asia: Damaged but Still Dangerous
Asia Report N°63
26 August 2003
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=1452&l=4

Indonesia Backgrounder: How The Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network Operates
Asia Report N°43
11 December 2002
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=1397&l=4

Correction to the 8 August 2002 briefing, Al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Ngruki Network in Indonesia
Asia Briefing
10 January 2003
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=1448&l=4