Three Strikes Against a Commander
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Ja'far Umar Thalib had no idea his trip from Yogyakarta to Makassar at the beginning of May would finish in Jakarta—in a small police detention cell. Accompanied by six bodyguards, the Laskar Jihad commander was relaxing and enjoying his flight aboard a Pelita aircraft. But when he changed planes at Surabaya's Juanda Airport, he was pounced on by some 20 police officers who apparently had followed him from Yogyakarta. The bright-eyed and bear
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