Indonesia terror network 'larger than thought'

[Coventina]

Source: AFP

JAKARTA — The terror network blamed for the Jakarta hotel bombings is "larger and more sophisticated" than thought, a think tank said Thursday as police quizzed suspects over possible Al-Qaeda links.

Analysts at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) said the group led by Malaysian Islamist Noordin Mohammed Top was finding it "disturbingly easy" to recruit members to carry out fresh attacks.

"More than a month after the 17 July, 2009 hotel bombings in Jakarta, Noordin Mohammed Top remains at large, but his network is proving to be larger and more sophisticated than previously thought," the ICG said in a report.

"Noordin may still be the commander, but he has some exceedingly well-connected lieutenants who made their debut in the hotel bombings."



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[shadowknows69]

1. Well. Thank Gods we're bombing the shit out of Afghanistan then.

The people actually planning the next attack somewhere are probably not within 1000 miles of the Taliban right now.