The End of the Trail
He traveled around the region as point man for JI. But fate finally caught up with Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, killed last week in a shootout between the military and Moro rebels in southern Philippines.
October 14, 2003
FROM Mejorejo, a small village in Madiun, East Java, Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi rocketed like a meteor onto the world stage. Wanted in many countries, he was arrested by the Philippines Police in Manila for illegal possession of explosives. Convicted and sent to a maximum-security prison, al-Ghozi escaped and disappeared without trace.
On Sunday, however, the Philippines military announced that al-Ghozi had been shot dead in a gun battle wit
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