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The detainee was identified by an al Qaida operative as a member of an al Qaida
suicide team that was to participate in a plan to attack a building in the United States.
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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on 5 August 2003, a large vehicle bomb detonated outside of the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Twelve persons were killed and one hundred forty-four people were injured, including two United States citizens.
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An Indonesian National Police investigation, supported by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and other law enforcement agencies, revealed the J.W. Marriott hotel bombing was
planned and executed by members of the Southeast Asia terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya, a
group known to have solicited and received the support and guidance of al Qaida for terrorist
activities in Southeast Asia.
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According to the Department of Homeland Security Terrorist Organization Reference Guide,
Jemaah Islamiya (JI) is a Southeast Asia terrorist network with links to al Qaida. The
network plotted in secrecy through the late 1990s, following the stated goal of creating an
idealized Islamic state comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand. In addition to raising its own funds, the JI receives money and logistic assistance from Middle Eastern and South Asian contacts, non-government organizations, and other groups, including al Qaida. The JI was responsible for the Bali, Indonesia, bombings on 12 October 2002, which killed nearly 200 people and wounded 300 others.
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According to testimony from the Indonesian indictment of Rusman Gunawan dated January 2004, the detainee played a role in funding the bombing of the J. W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. The detainee personally couriered 50,000 United States dollars; a portion of this money was used to finance safe houses and procure materials for the bombing of the J. W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Hambali (Rusman Gunawan is the brother of Jemaah Islamiya operations chief Riduan Bin Isomuddin a.k.a Hambali) instructed Rusman Gunawan (Gunawan) to contact Ammar al Baluchi
(al Baluchi), one of his contacts in Karachi, Pakistan, and request he provide 50,000
United States dollars to Hambali's contact in Bangkok, Thailand, a person known as "Zubair "
'he detainee). According to Gunawan, after he requested this funding from al Baluchi, he was
contacted by Mohammed Nazir Bin Lap (Lillie). Lillie advised Gunawan he would travel to
Bangkok, Thailand, and meet with the detainee to assist in the movement of money. Lillie
provided Gunawan with a cellular telephone number the detainee would be using. According to
Gunawan, Lillie told him he intended to contact the detainee by means of this cellular telephone.
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Arnmar al Baluchi was captured on 29 April 2003 in Karachi, Pakistan, as he waited
for the delivery of explosives for an alleged plot against the United States consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Rusman Gunawan (Gunawan) advised Ammar al Baluchi (al Baluchi) that
Mohammed Nazir Bin Lap (Lillie) would contact the detainee in Bankok, Thailand, and
Gunawan provided the telephone number of the detainee to al Baluchi. Gunawan later learned
that the detainee and Lillie were known personally to each other. According to the statement of Gunawan, Lillie contacted him approximately a month and a half later and stated he had received the money. Subsequently, Gunawan contacted Hambali, who advised him the money had been received, though he did not specify by whom.
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Majid Khan (Khan), an associate of Ammar al Baluchi (al Baluchi), traveled to
Bangkok, Thailand, to pick up the money after it was sent from Pakistan. During the time he
was in Bankok, Thailand, Khan maintained contact with al Baluchi. Their communications
related largely to the financial scheme initiated by Rusman Gunawan. Al Baluchi eventually
provided Khan with a telephone number for the detainee so he could contact him.
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The money transferred by the detainee was eventually delivered to Indonesia and used
to fund a safe house and to purchase materials for the J. W. Marriott attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. During the trial of Rusman Gunawan (Gunawan) for his involvement in the attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel, Gunawan specifically identified the detainee as playing a role in the financing of the attack.
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The detainee and other Jemaah Islamiya operatives left a suitcase containing 3,100
United States dollars and instructions on how to make and detonate a car bomb with Abdul Aziz Hajicheming
(Hajicheming), in Cambodia. Hajicheming was arrested in May 2003 on charges
of international terrorism.
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