... as a key point man. Also accused of being a key JI leader with alleged links to Al-Qaeda is 64-year-old Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who runs an Islamic boarding school in Central Java. Bashir denies any terrorist links, but he has praised bin Laden and is believed to support efforts to create a pan-Islamic state encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern Philippines. Indonesian ... " as saying that "dozens" of Al-Qaeda members had fled from Afghanistan and were regrouping safely in Indonesia. "Some have come by air, but most have sneaked into Pakistan, then traveled several th...

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