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Militant warns of more attacks
17/11/2005 13:09 - (SA)
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| A terrorist, police believe to be Noordin Mohamad Top, makes threats of fresh attacks against the US. (SCTV via Associated Press Television News, AP) |
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Jakarta - A hooded Islamic militant, believed to be one of Asia's most wanted men, has warned western nations to expect more attacks.
The warnings were made in a video. Indonesian police said on Thursday that they had found the video in the hideout of slain Azahari Husinlast last week.
The balaclava-clad man is believed by Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla to be Malaysian, Noordin Mohammad Top.
Noordin and Azahari are accused of being top members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional extremist network linked to al-Qaeda and blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, as well as a string of other attacks across southeast Asia.
"Accidents and terror by mujahedin (holy warriors) will continue to take place as long as western countries deploy their soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan," said the man on the video.
The man, his index finger repeatedly stabbing the air to accentuate his points, threatened to attack the United States, Britain, Australia and Italy, countries which he said were "enemies of Islam".
Countries supporting US president, George W Bush, and British prime minister, Tony Blair - in particular Australia - would all be potential targets, warned the man.
"These threats are also valid for all states that assist Bush and Blair," he said. "Especially for Australia, as long as its troops are in Afghanistan and Iraq and engage in intimidation there, you will also feel our intimidation."
The video, the first of its kind by a southeast Asian militant found by authorities, was shown to several Muslim leaders invited by Kalla to his residence on Wednesday.
- AFP
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