Jemaah Islamiya
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| Center of Gravity | Indonesia | ||
 | Scope | Regional | |
| Area of Operation | Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar2 | ||
| Goal | Establish caliphate in Muslim parts of southeast Asia | ||
| Leader | Abu Bakar Bashir | ||
| Status | Active | |
| Status | Supported by al-Qaeda | |
| Status | Designated Terrorist Organization | ||
 | Core membership | 1000s2 | |
| Alias(es) | JI1, Jemaah Islamiyah, Islamic Party, Jemaa Islamiyya, Jema'ah Islamiyyah | |
| Former leader | Abdullah Sungkar | ||
| Key members | Hambali, Noordin Top, Azahari bin Husin | ||
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | Violent, multiethnic group operating in southeast Asia with strong al-Qaeda ties. Facing significant losses of members in counterterrorism crackdowns. The group allied with al-Qaeda in 1998, through connections between Hambali and Mohammed Atef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. JI members received training in Afghan camps, and served as facilitators and scouts for al-Qaeda plots in southeast Asia. Direct al-Qaeda funding of JI began no later than 1999.2,3,4 | |
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| 1U.S. government shorthand. | |||
| 2U.S. State Department. 'Country Reports on Terrorism.' 2005. | |||
| 3The 9-11 Commission Final Report. July 22, 2004. Chapter 5.1. | |||
| 4The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Footnotes. | |||
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