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September 13, 2006
Indonesia: The Islamist Jihad
Tonight I spent a long time trying to record an hour-long video of a documentary by Peter Taylor, which was aired on BBC this evening. The video has been compressed, and is 114 mb in size, and is not too large in frame-size. It is saved in Quicktime format.
In brief, it tells the story of Nasir Abas, who was a senior commander of Jemaah Islamiyah, who at one stage was higher in rank than Dulmatin, Azahari bin Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top. After the 2002 Bali bombings, Abas became disillusioned with the actions of Jemaah Islamiyah in targeting civilians. But he did not leave. Only after he was arrested did he begin to cooperate with police, and he recounts the command structure and operations of JI, and how in the 1990s they were allied with the Moro National Liberation Front on Mindanao on the Philippines.
To download the video, click here, enter the code in the top right corner into the space provided, (a blank field), press to confirm and then wait 44 seconds. When prompted, click again, and the video should download onto your hard drive.
What makes this video intersting is the footage it contains, some of it never shown outside of Indonesia, including the farewell videos of the three jihadists who committed the October 1 Bali bombings last year. What is bizarre to Western sensibilities is that Nasir Abbas is walking free, able to pass unhindered through airport terminals, despite his record of being a senior leader of a terror group for more than a decade.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at September 13, 2006 10:36 PM
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"What is bizarre to Western sensibilities is that Nasir Abbas is walking free"
His co-operation in exchange for his liberty, is most likely the most effective arrangement that the Indonesian authorities could make, as it has permitted to dismantle large swaths of the JI terror network. This was exactly what the Indonesian authorities desired.
The arrangement is therefore most commendable in terms of its contribution to desired achievements.
Posted by: Nasty guy ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 14, 2006 6:25 AM
Hi Nasty Guy
It obviously seems to have borne successful fruit as a policy with this individual.
But in the US, few jihadis want to be cooperative. The only one that has been cooperative, Junaid Babar, has only had a very small reduction in his sentence.
Posted by: Giraldus Cambrensis at September 14, 2006 6:31 AM
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