August 14, 2002
Indonesian intelligence set up group in 1970s now accused of terrorism, report says
The report, released by the International Crisis Group, a Brussels, Belgium-based think tank, says that Jemaah Islamiyah -- a shadowy group allegedly trying to topple governments in Southeast Asia and carve out an Islamic state -- was created in the 1970's by the head of Indonesia's military intelligence.The goal was to compromise Muslim opponents of then-dictator Suharto and to depict them as fundamentalists, the document said.
Posted at August 14, 2002 05:20 PM | Indonesia
