6:55 a.m. September 9, 2004Jemaah Islamiyah at a glance:...

6:55 a.m. September 9, 2004

Jemaah Islamiyah at a glance:


ORGANIZATION: Name means "Islamic Community." A loose network of Islamic militants extending across Southeast Asia. Leaders are mostly Indonesian nationals trained in Afghanistan and the Indonesian island of Maluku. Known to have various territorial divisions called "mantiqis" that cover Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Australia. Intelligence officials say some operations have been financed by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.



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ACTIVITIES: Blamed for terror attacks in Southeast Asia starting in 1999, including the Aug. 5, 2003, bombing of the J.W. Marriott hotel in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, which killed 12 people, and the Oct. 12, 2002, bombings on Bali island that killed 202, mostly foreign tourists. Also accused of plotting to bomb Western embassies and a U.S. naval facility in Singapore. Three dozen alleged members were convicted in the Bali bombings and more than a dozen in the Marriott bombing.



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AIMS: Wants to establish an Islamic state across Southeast Asia. Members also have claimed to be motivated by a desire to avenge what they call oppression of Muslims by the United States and its allies.



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LEADERS: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is in jail pending charges that he leads the group and played a role in the Marriott bombings. Following the arrests of Hambali and other alleged senior operatives, Indonesian officials say the group's leaders now include: Zulkarnaen, an Indonesian believed to have replaced Hambali as the group's operations chief; Azahari bin Husin, a Malaysian academic and reputed top bomb maker; alleged Malaysian bomb maker Noordin Mohammed Top; and Dulmatin, an Indonesian who allegedly played a key role in the Bali blasts.