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Splinter cell of Jemaah Islamiyah formed in 2008
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid or Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (
Arabic : جماعة أنشاروت توحيد ,
lit. 'Helpers of
Tawhid Congregation', abbreviated as JAT ) is a splinter cell of the
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) designated as a
terrorist organization by the United Nations and the United States. The latter is most known for perpetrating the
2002 Bali bombings along with
Azahari Husin and
Noordin Mohammad Top , both
Malaysian terrorist kingpin.
[1]
History
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid was formed by
Abu Bakar Baasyir on 27 July 2008 in
Solo , Java, Indonesia
[2] and has bases across
Indonesia including in
Aceh and
Central Sulawesi .
[3]
In September 2011, a JAT suicide bomber detonated explosives in a central Java church, killing himself and wounding dozens of others.
[4]
On March 18, 2012, at least one of five armed men killed by Indonesian counter-terrorist forces in Bali was said to be a member of JAT.
[5] The men were killed while awaiting the arrival of prostitutes at a local hotel.
[6]
In 2012, the U.S. Department of State and the United Nations placed sanctions on the organization and named it as a terrorist group.
[4]
[7]
[8]
In 2012, the group was thought to have approximately 1,500–2,000 members.
[3]
The group remained very active in Indonesia in 2012, and it publicly maintained a website, as of January 2013.
[9]
Abu Bakar Baasyir 's son,
Abdul Rohim Ba'asyir was said to be JAT's PR Chairman and had worked for
al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2002.
[3]
In August 2014, the group suffered a split over Abu Bakar Baasyir's
pledge of allegiance to
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , leader of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
[3]
[10] Many members of the group, including top leaders, and Baasyir's sons reportedly disagreed with this decision over ideological reasons and left to form a new group called
Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah ,
[11] led by Mochammad Achwan.
References
^ Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Bureau of Counterterrorism, September 28, 2012
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm
^ Janes, Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) (Indonesia), GROUPS - ASIA - ACTIVE,
http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-World-Insurgency-and-Terrorism/Jamaah-Ansharut-Tauhid-JAT-Indonesia.html
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a
b
c
d Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, The Perpetual threat, Chris Rottenberg, Osgood Center for International Studies, 2012,
http://www.osgoodcenter.org/PDF/JAT.pdf
Archived 2020-08-06 at the
Wayback Machine
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a
b CNN, Indonesian group added to U.S. terror list, By Jamie Crawford,
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/23/indonesian-group-added-to-u-s-terror-list/
^ Bali shoot-outs nab wanted terror suspect, March 19, 2012, Karlis Salna, AAP South-East Asia Correspondent,
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/bali-shootouts-nab-wanted-terror-suspect-20120319-1ve71.html
^ ASIA:Dead Bali robbers waiting for prostitutes, By Karlis Salna, AAP South-East Asia Correspondent,
http://nsiwebscus.cloudapp.net/australia/queensland/darlingdowns/toowoomba/story?cityid=9901bdf5-f527-4b68-852d-149172949fd4&storyid=f65719c8-f95e-4282-b142-e6e17bb1d6d3 [
permanent dead link ]
^ UN, Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds, Two Individuals and One Entity to Sanctions List, 12 March 2012,
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sc10577.doc.htm
^ U.S. Dept of State, Terrorist Designations of Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid, February 23, 2012,
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/02/184509.htm
^ Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid website, accessed 17 January 2013,
http://ansharuttauhid.com/
Archived 2013-05-20 at the
Wayback Machine
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"ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries -- NYMag" . Daily Intelligencer . Retrieved 25 November 2014 .
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"Sons, top aides abandon Ba'asyir over ISIL, form new jihadist group" . The Jakarta Post. 13 August 2014.
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