PHILIPPINES: PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID A TOP LEADER OF THE AL-QAEDA-LINKED JEMAAH ISLAMIAH NETWORK FUNDED MUSLIM MILITANTS BLAMED FOR BOMB ATTACKS IN MANILA

Record ID: 648347

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID A TOP LEADER OF THE AL-QAEDA-LINKED JEMAAH ISLAMIAH NETWORK FUNDED MUSLIM MILITANTS BLAMED FOR BOMB ATTACKS IN MANILA
  • Date: 18th June 2003
  • Summary: (U3) MANILA, PHILIPPINES (JUNE 18, 2003) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. SV JEMAAH ISLAMIA MEMBER, FATHUR ROMAN AL-GHOZI SURROUNDED BY PHILIPPINE POLICE GETS OUT OF CAR AND WALKS INTO COURTHOUSE 0.08 2. CU PHILIPPINE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE EMBLEM 0.11 3. SLV OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE BUILDING 0.15 4. SV AL GHOZI AND HADJI ONOS (AKA MOKLIS) IN HANDCUFFS SEATED INSIDE HALL OF JUSTICE 0.20 5. MCU OF AL GHOZI 0.28 6. CU OF HANDCUFFED HANDS OF AL GHOZI 0.32 7. SV PANEL OF PROSECUTORS THEN PANS TO AL GHOZI WITH LAWYER 0.41 8. MCU AL GHOZI AND LAWYER TALKING 0.51 9. SV PANEL OF PROSECUTORS 0.54 10. CU OF AL GHOZI 0.58 11. CU/MCU/SV OF AL GHOZI SIGNING SWORN STATEMENT (4 SHOTS) 1.21 12. MCU SECURITY 1.26 13. MCU OF HADJI ONOS, ALIAS MOKLIS 1.34 14. SV MOKLIS, AL GHOZI WITH LAWYER 1.41 15. CU OF PROSECUTOR 1.46 16. SV TO PHOTOGRAPHERS 1.49 17. SV MOKLIS EXCHANGES HANDSHAKE WITH AL GHOZI 1.58 18. CU MOKLIS AND AL GHOZI HOLD HANDS 2.03 19. MCU (English) PHILIPPINE STATE PROSECUTOR PETER ONG SAYING: "The statement of Al Ghozi and Moklis, Hambali and Faiz gave financial support to the jihad of the group of Moklis. The financial support was given..or coursed through Al Ghozi". 2.26 20. SV MOKLIS AND AL GHOZI STAND AND ARE ESCORTED OUT OF HALL OF JUSTICE BY SOLDIERS 2.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Reuters ID: LVA8R7NAVAZ966X1002AOEPIBHPJ
  • Story Text: Prosecutors in the capital of the Philippines, Manila
    have said a top leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah
    network funded Muslim militants blamed for deadly bomb
    attacks in Manila in 2000.



    An Indonesian leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah
    Islamiah network was responsible for funding Muslim militants
    blamed for deadly bomb attacks in Manila in 2000, Philippine
    prosecutors said on Wednesday (June 18).

    Philippine state prosecutor Peter Ong said Riduan
    Isamuddin -also known as Hambali -a key figure in Jemaa
    Islamiah, was allegedly involvement in the Manila bombings.

    This information, said Ong was revealed to investigators by
    self-confessed Jemaah member Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, an
    Indonesian, and local Muslim militant Hadji Onos, alias
    Moklis.

    Al-Ghozi and Moklis, both in Philippine custody, are also
    being investigated over the attacks in Manila.

    Ong said the pair had also named a Malaysian, Faiz Abu
    Bakar Bafana, as one of their financiers.

    "Based on the sworn statements of al-Ghozi and Moklis,
    Hambali and Faiz gave financial support to the bombing," he
    said.

    Al-Ghozi is serving a 17-year prison term in the
    Philippines for possession of explosives and falsifying his
    travel papers.

    He has admitted in writing to being a member of Jemaah,
    which intelligence agencies have accused of plotting to bomb
    Western targets as part of a campaign to establish an Islamic
    state embracing parts of Southeast Asia.

    Al-Ghozi and Moklis were manacled and heavily guarded
    by police with assault rifles when they were taken to the
    Department of Justice building for a pre-trial hearing.

    The allegations coincided with the trials in Indonesia of
    cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, Jemaah's alleged spiritual head, for
    treason and of two other Islamic militants over the blasts on
    the resort island of Bali in October 2002 that killed 202
    people.

    Western intelligence agencies say Jemaah has links to
    Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, which Washington blames
    for the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

    Singapore and Malaysia have rounded up dozens of alleged
    Jemaah members.



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