Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating possible links between a purported new militant network with al Qaeda, with initial indications showing it was set up by two key Malaysian

The International Crisis Group's Southeast Asia project is analyzing recent developments of terrorism in Indonesia, which most recently saw a bomb explosion kill seven people in Central

Jakarta – Four Indonesians arrested last week have been named suspects under anti-terrorism laws in October's restaurant bombings on Bali island and for hiding a key militant, police sa

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's president is under threat of assassination, his spokesman said, amid stepped-up security nationwide for the New Year holiday period over fears of extremist atta

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid led thousands of Muslims in a march through the capital on Sunday to promote "Islam for Peace" and counter militant

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Jakarta Police are requiring all hotels across the capital to report the identities of their guests to police as soon as they check in.

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Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government defended its plan to fingerprint all students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) as part of the antiterrorism drive despite opposi

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Serang – High Commissioner Badrodin Haiti, the Banten Chief of Police, regrets the lack of participation by members of the general public as regards pursuing terrorists.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – A National Police plan to fingerprint all students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) across the country as well as their alumni has irritated the head of a

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The October bombings in Bali have proved to be a severe blow to Indonesia's tourism sector, with the number of foreign visitors dropping by nearly 31 percent to

Jakarta – Creating internal conflicts within radical groups through infiltration is one of the strategies being pursued by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) to fight terrorism, BIN di

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Jakarta/Semarang – The amount of money obtained by local terror groups, including Azahari's network, is substantial with a staggering US$75,000 channeled to the terror groups in the cou

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – To step up the fight against terrorism, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has demanded that intelligence units be empowered to be able to arrest and interrogat

Dean Yates, Jakarta – A move by Indonesia's mainstream Muslim groups to form a team to counter militant ideas, work with the police and review radical publications is an important step

Jakarta – The country's leading Islamic figures, grouped in a special task force set up last week by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, are set to launch a war against militant ideas sp

The police shot dead Indonesia's most-wanted bomber, Dr.

Jakarta – A website purportedly set up under orders from a leading Asian militant gives instructions on how to shoot foreigners in the streets of the Indonesian capital or throw grenade

Jakarta - TNI (Indonesian military) chief General Endriartono Sutarto has explained that the involvement of TNI soldiers in preventing terrorism is part of the responsibility of being a

James Balowski, Jakarta – Ignoring widespread public opposition, the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) has announced it is reactivating its territorial command network down to the village l

Denpasar – Three men detained as part of Indonesian police raids last week in which a top Asian militant was killed have been named suspects over October's bombings on Bali island, an o

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – As police widened the search for the followers of master bombmaker Azahari, an antiterror official warned on Saturday that Islamic militants could carry out

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Malang/Semarang/Surakarta/Jakarta – Fingerprinting has confirmed the death of Azahari bin Husin, a bombmaker blamed for the deadliest terror attacks in the region, during a gun battle w

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – One of Southeast Asia's most-wanted suspected terrorists has blown himself up – or been gunned down – only days after it was revealed that al-Qaeda's former South

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – An order from the military leadership to all 11 regional military commands to set up special counterterrorism desks has been criticized by right activists conce

Kompas – The head of the army's information office, Brigadier General Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan, has confirmed that they have already established an extra-structural organisation at ever

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Indonesia has denied it refused to cut the sentence of the Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir because of Australian pressure.

Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief General Endriartono Sutarto has officially ordered the revival of a much-criticised community-based intelligence system to be used to fight terroris

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) anti-terror desk which was established in each military regional command and the units below this command have begun to work, including the villa

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is reactivating its intelligence unit that used to work within the community to help the police fight terrorism.

Jakarta – The Indonesian army has set up anti-terror desks in its nationwide regional commands to liaise with police on counter-terrorism, a report said Sunday.

Jakarta – In an abrupt about-face, the government has decided not to grant convicted terrorist and Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir a sentence remission given to inmates in observance o

Jakarta – A plan to revive a community-based intelligence system run by the Indonesian army as an anti-terrorism measure threatens to harm democracy and lead to human rights abuses, ana

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – House of Representatives lawmakers have warned that the government's plan to revive the military's territorial function in the fight against terrorism woul

James Balowski, Jakarta – Attending a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Indonesian military (TNI) on October 5, just days after the deadly bombing in Bali, President Susilo B

In Indonesia calls for greater government supervision of Islamic schools have been rejected by the country's leading Muslim groups.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government's intention of introducing draconian legislation to fight terrorism appears likely to face a long hard slog after politicians and human rights ca

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Large-scale raids to find those responsible for the latest Bali bombings have caused unease among some sections of the public, and those who feel they have been

Jakarta – The United States administration has supported the Indonesian government's plan to establish a tougher antiterror body and counterterrorism legislations, but said it has no in

Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said that terrorism must be handled with stern measures.

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Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, will monitor Islamic boarding schools as part of its effort to fight militant violence and suicide bombings, Vice President Jusuf Kal

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A noted human rights activist lashed out on Tuesday at the government's move to compromise on individual basic rights in its fight against terrorism.

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – Many people have been shocked by the government's plans to imitate the New Order regime in combating terrorism.

Jakarta – In implementing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's verbal request to the TNI (Indonesian military) to take effective measures to prevent, combat and act against terrorism, t