Indonesian Terror Group using bombs in books to kill enemies.
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: AFP
18March2011 10:52amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: JAKARTA — A top Indonesian anti-terror official said Wednesday that regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind a series of "book bombs" in the capital, one of which injured four people.
The first bomb, hidden in a hollowed-out thick book, exploded on Tuesday afternoon as police attempted to defuse it.
The package was addressed to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, a well-known liberal Muslim figure who espouses pluralism and religious tolerance.
It came with a threatening letter urging Abdalla to write a preface to the book which was entitled "They Deserved to be Killed: Because of their Sins to Islam and Muslims."
National Anti-Terror Agency (BNPT) chief Ansyaad Mbai told AFP: "It's the work of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) which has been actively launching bomb attacks in this country." (read full report)