IF only the Malaysian Police had not arrested Ahmad Said Maulana in December 2003, what was the worst thing that could have happened? Well, on July 1 this year the Indonesian National Police force could well have been engulfed in deep sorrow while celebrating its anniversary. A plan had been hatched that on that very day Maulana and five other Indonesian citizens were to crash their bomb-laden car into the National Police Headquarters.

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