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U.S. profiles of 10 suspected terrorists
(CNN) -- Below are the U.S. Treasury Department's profiles of and allegations against 10 suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a South Asian terrorist group with al Qaeda ties. On Friday, the Bush administration designated the men as global terrorists and announced the freezing of their assets. Yassin Sywal
• An operative who provides support to Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda in Southeast Asia • Son-in-law of Jemaah Islamiyah co-founder Abdullah Sungkar • "Assisted in importing weapons from the Philippines for use in conflicts in Indonesia" and "participated in planning and facilitating al Qaeda terrorist plots in Southeast Asia" • Attended a 1999 planning session with a suspected al Qaeda operative and was designated "to procure weapons for use in the assassinations" and "to select assassination targets" -- one of which was Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri Mukhlis Yunos• Explosives expert and leader of the special operations group of the Philippines-based Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an Islamic terrorist organization • "Carried out the December 30, 2000, bombings in Manila, known as the 'Rizal Day Bombings,' " on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah, killing 22 people and injuring more than 100 • "... Acted on behalf of and materially assisted [Jemaah Islamiyah] on several occasions," including "in procuring explosives and weapons for shipment to Indonesia and elsewhere" • Assisted Jemaah Islamiyah in conducting surveillance of the U.S. and Israeli embassies in the Philippines. Imam Samudra• Indonesian arrested in November in connection with the October bombings in Bali that killed more than 100 people. • Identified as a member of Jemaah Islamiyah by Indonesian authorities • Organized the Bali bomb attacks • Helped plan the December 24, 2000, bombings of 24 churches in Indonesia that killed 19 people and injured more than 100 • Helped plan the August 1, 2001, bombing at a Jakarta shopping mall Huda bin Abdul Haq (aka 'Mukhlas')• Senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader with ties to Osama bin Laden • "Reportedly named head of [Jemaah Islamiyah's] Mantiqi One, or regional network, covering Sumatra, Singapore, Malaysia and southern Thailand" • "Co-founded a religious school in Malaysia used as a training ground for [Jemaah Islamiyah] operatives and was involved extensively in the Bali bombings" • Charged by Indonesian authorities with planning and supervising those bombings Parlindungan Siregar• "Indonesian engineer identified by Spanish authorities as a close associate of an al Qaeda cell in Spain" • Has also been involved in al Qaeda training activities in Indonesia, according to Spanish authorities • Evidence found by Spanish authorities indicated he led an al Qaeda training camp on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi Julkipli Salim Y Salamuddin• Co-led combined elements of Jemaah Islamiyah and Moro Islamic Liberation Front in late 2002 • Suspected of planning attacks on U.S. companies, government facilities and shopping malls on the Philippine island of Mindanao Aris Munandar• Indonesian between 34 and 40 years old who "facilitates and provides support" to Jemaah Islamiyah activities in Southeast Asia • Close associate of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir • Head of an organization that produced videos for the recruitment of Jemaah Islamiyah members • "Procured explosives at the request of Bashir for use" on the Indonesian island of Ambon and "facilitated recruitment and training for [Jemaah Islamiyah] and al Qaeda activities in Indonesia" Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi• Jemaah Islamiyah member and explosives expert who "was involved in conducting surveillance and procuring explosives" for a plan to attack U.S. and other Western interests in Singapore • Admitted to helping plan and finance December 30, 2000, bombings in the Philippines • Was a Jemaah Islamiyah trainer and "conducted bomb-making courses in Malaysia and the Philippines" • Detained by Philippine authorities in January 2002, pleaded guilty to explosives charges and was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in jail • Escaped on July 14 and is "currently at large" Agus Dwikarna• Jemaah Islamiyah member and facilitator for al Qaeda in Indonesia who "reportedly set up an al Qaeda training camp in Indonesia" • Arrested on March 13, 2002, while attempting to board a flight at the international airport in Manila, Philippines, after security personnel discovered bomb-making equipment in his suitcase • Sentenced to 17 years in jail for illegal possession of explosives Abdul Hakim Murad• Pakistani licensed commercial pilot who trained in flight schools in the United States. Arrested in Manila in January 1995 in a raid that resulted in the seizure of a laptop computer, a large quantity of chemicals and other paraphernalia used in the manufacture of explosives • Turned over to the United States and indicted for conspiring to blow up simultaneously 12 U.S. commercial airliners while airborne. According to Philippine and U.S. law enforcement officials, al Qaeda operations directors Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef allegedly were the key planners of this plot. Source: U.S. Treasury Department
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