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Training camp raid sparks fears over terrorist resurgence
TOM ALLARD HERALD CORRESPONDENT
February 25, 2010
JAKARTA: Indonesian police have launched a manhunt for up to 50 members of a suspected terrorist group in Aceh amid reports that an Afghan national is among those who fled a raid on a training camp on Monday night.
Four people were detained in the raid, while a civilian was accidentally shot dead after more than 100 heavily armed officers hit the group that, according to Indonesian police, ''can really put our country in danger''.
Among those detained were two militants from Banten, a province in Java known for its pockets of radical Islamism.
A spokesman for Indonesia's national police, Inspector General Edward Aritonang, refused to confirm or deny whether the group was linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, the group responsible for the first Bali bombings that was widely believed to have been badly degraded.
''I won't name any name. But this group can really put our country in danger,'' Inspector General Aritonang said.
He refused to confirm or deny Indonesian media reports that an Afghan man had acted as an instructor at the camp and was being sought by police. Among the materials found by police were videos and documents praising the first Bali bombers, as well as knives, uniforms and other military paraphernalia.
Any weapons seem to have been spirited away when most of those at the camp - which had been monitored since September - escaped into the jungle.
A security analyst, Ken Conboy, said the emergence of a jihadi group on Aceh was troubling.
Aceh follows a purist brand of Islam but, during its long, successful struggle for autonomy, its fighters have rebuffed overtures from violent jihadists.
''[Jemaah Islamiyah] made almost zero inroads into Aceh. The Acehnese don't want anything to do with the Javanese,'' Mr Conboy said. ''It's interesting that they have found some non-Acehnese playing in the forests.''
Meanwhile, a Saudi national went on trial in Jakarta yesterday for allegedly helping finance the attacks on JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels last year.
Retired teacher Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullahhas denied involvement but police allege he funnelled 54 million rupiah ($6000) to associates of the terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top.
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