Brother of Top Asian Terrorist Held
From Times Wire Reports
Pakistani police said they had captured the younger brother of Hambali, Osama bin Laden’s alleged point man in Southeast Asia, in an arrest that may help unravel Al Qaeda’s links to the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group.
Rusman Gunawan, an Indonesian, was among 17 students detained Saturday in raids on three Islamic schools in Karachi. Hambali, 39, whose real name is Riduan Isamuddin, was arrested Aug. 11 in Thailand.
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