Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, has been hit by a series of terrorist attacks in recent years blamed on Islamist militants. Here is a brief look at major developments:
— August 2009 — A 16-hour siege at a farmhouse in central Java kills a hotel florist, Ibrohim, who allegedly helped carry out bomb attacks at two luxury hotels in Jakarta the previous month that killed seven and wounded more than 50. Police also fatally shoot two alleged militants and confiscate hundreds of pounds (kilograms) of explosives and bombs.
— Nov. 8, 2008: Government executes three Islamic militants for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
— June 2007: Authorities arrest the alleged leader of regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, Afghan-trained militant Abu Dujana, and seven other suspected terrorists in raids on Java.
— November 2005: Bomb-making expert Azahari bin Husin is killed during a police raid on a terrorist safe house on Java island. Information from that raid leads to other arrests. Fugitive militant leader Noordin Top appears on video soon after, threatening more attacks.
— October 2005: Triple suicide bombers kill 20 in attacks on restaurants on the resort island of Bali.
— September 2004: A suicide bomber detonates a ton of explosives packed into a delivery van outside the Australian Embassy, killing 11 and wounding 200.
— August 2003: Suicide bomber attacks the J.W. Marriott Hotel, killing 11.
— October 2002: Police arrest Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah and a fiery Islamic preacher, but he is later acquitted.
— October 2002: Triple bombings on Bali kill 202, mostly foreign tourists, including 88 Australians. Police say al-Qaida helped fund the attacks.
— 1999-2001: Bloody fighting between Muslims and Christians in eastern Indonesia kills 9,000 and draws in al-Qaida combatants from the Middle East and Europe. Many Indonesian fighters go on to become members of Jemaah Islamiyah.
Sumber : AP
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