December 28, 2004 Asia's Top Terror Suspect Hambali Tried By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:04 p.m. ET PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Asia's top terror suspect, the al-Qaida linked Islamic militant Hambali, was put on trial in absentia Tuesday along with other suspects on charges of attempted murder in an alleged plot to bomb targets in Cambodia. Hambali is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location after his arrest in Thailand in August. Two other foreigners, identified only as Rousha Yasser and Ibrahim, were also being tried in absentia while four suspects were in court Tuesday. The four suspects in court -- Esam Mohammed Khidr Ali of Egypt, Abdul Azi Haji Chiming and Muhammad Yalaludin Mading of Thailand, and Cambodian national Sman Ismael -- were arrested in May and June 2003 for alleged links with Jemaah Islamiyah, al-Qaida's Southeast Asian arm. The charges of attempted murder and terrorism carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The four denied the charges Tuesday and said they were doing charity work in Cambodia. Police accused the four of using a Saudi-funded school outside the capital Phnom Penh as a cover for a terrorist training operation, where they allegedly plotted attacks against the U.S. and British embassies in Cambodia. Hambali, an Indonesian whose real name is Riduan Isamuddin, reportedly spent several months in Cambodia in 2002. He is accused of trying to use the country as a base to launch regional terror attacks. Prosecutor Yet Chakriya said Hambali also taught the other suspects how to detonate explosives. Yet Chakriya said the suspects also helped hide Hambali while he was in Cambodia. Judge Ya Sokhan said he will deliver a verdict on Wednesday. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Cambodia-Terror-Trial.html? pagewanted=print&position= ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
