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Indonesian CT Forces Target JI in Shootout: Rumors that Two Top Leaders Neutralized

By Zachary Abuza

Detachment-88, Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism police, were involved in a shootout with a group of JI suspects in the Javanese city of Yogyakarta. One was killed and the other was captured. Early rumors surfaced that they might be top leaders of JI, including Malaysian national Noordin Mohammad Top and Abu Dujana. This has not been confirmed, but Indonesian police are confident that the two were part of Abu Dujana's network. Abu Dujana and Noordin Mohammad Top are two of the senior-most JI leaders still at large. Both have played important roles in fund-raising and recruitment.

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