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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune WORLD "A226 Friday, November22, 2002 Bali Officials Arrest Alleged Ringleader in Nightclub Bombing year. As long as these people Suspect took orders from militant network, security forces say areout there, the dangeris still there. Indonesiansecurityofficials BY ELLEN NAKASHIMA and ALAN SIPRESS network that Western and Asian intelligence experts say Police on Thursday also announced the arrests of two men is active in several Southeast who THE WASHINGTON POST JAKARTA, Indonesia Po- lice on Thursday captured an Afghan-trained militant and the alleged ringleader of the group behind the deadly bomb. ings of two nightclubs last monthin Bali Authorities hope thearrest of Imam Samudrawill lead to the capture of the remaining said Samudra was acting at the direction of superiors within Jemaah Islamiah, a militant Samudra’s capture follows thearrest morethan two weeks ago of another suspect, an In donesian motorcycle mechanic named Amrozi, who told police he ownedthe minivan usedin one of the nightclub bombings. investigators say were the leader of a major network other suspects remain at large, security officials’ attention is increasingly turning to Je Singapore and Malaysia. Also Rohan Gunaratna, a South- known as Riduan Isamuddin, Hambali is an Indonesian who intelligence officials sayis the main link between Jemaah Islamiah and regional members of al-Qaida. Police suspect Samudra and Isamuddin have worked on east Asian terrorism expert in maahIslamiah leaders. According to a high-ranking Indonesian security official, Samudra was following theorders of an Islamic teacher named Mukhlas,also knownas Ali Ghufron, a senior Jemaah Asian countries. The group has cooperated withal-Qaida in the Samudra’s bodyguards. However, Samudra’s arrest past, but investigators haveyet to prove a link between Osama is the most significant one police have made since they a dragnet following the brother of Amrozi. Securityof ficials said Mukhlas has re- s. Though investigators Asia’s most-wantedmilitant, as bin Laden's organization and the Bali attack. Islamiah placed strategist Hambali, and a Southeast tOWAY separator try’s worst case of ter. rorism and also help in onabus Thursday afternoon as jt was pulling up to aferry at Merak port in West Java, 60 miles from Jakarta. Theferry island of Sumatra. ple, most of them Austra- jians. “We hope togo from this to otherfish so we can solve the case, at least by the end ofthe mid-January, series of church bombings on Christmas Eve 2000 in Jakarta targets such as nightclubs in the region. Regular Priced was boundfor the neighboring the international police inves- in Isamuddin made the decision to shift from traditional targets such as embassies to “soft” 10% off bombing andotherviolencein Southeast Asia. Police arrested Samudra,35, tigation into the Oct. 12 bombjngs, which killed almost 200 It was reported in October Thailand aae Maa ~———Bali “He's a big fish,” said Maj. said he believed the operation's mastermind was Hambali. that at a meeting in Southern awe Riv) atives suspected oforchestrating Gen. 1 Made Pastika, chief of Singapore, called Samudra’s arrest “very significant,” and previous plots together. Both have been named by Indonesian authorities as suspects ina sale senior oper the sia @ the hunt for fmam Samudra cell in the region that includes ouper skimmer suspects in the coun and elsewhere across Indone- said theybelieve at least three Merchandise Spoons FREE layaway! ——_— s,'N. 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