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August 21, 2003
Special Analysis: Who Is Hanbali?
Ever since last week when President Bush announced the capture of an al-Qaeda operative named Riduan Isamuddin who used the nom de guerre of Hanbali or Hambali (depending on one's source), there has been a media frenzy, with many press outlets following Time Magazine in declaring him "the bin Laden of Southeast Asia." Yet who is Hanbali? Why does his capture mean so much for Southeast Asia, the so-called "second front" in the war on terror? And if he's out of the picture, who's left? Posted by Winds of Change at August 21, 2003 03:31 AM | TrackBackComments
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