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Jemaah Islamiyah militant group regains strength: experts

The Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah has regained strength in Indonesia and could make a new generation of extremists, warned the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) hasregained strength in Indonesia and could make a new generation of extremists,warned the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) onApril 27.

Thegroup is blamed for major attacks, including the bombings in Bali, Indonesia,in 2002.

Itdoes not pose an immediate threat and its leaders have rejected violence toform an Islamic state, said a report of the institute.

However,the group is also building a clandestine armed force in Indonesia, and there isa risk that a militant faction could emerge from the wider organisation as itsteps up recruitment.

Accordingto security analyst Sidney Jones of the IPAC, the current JI could give rise toa militant splinter that could be more professional in its organisation,training and recruitment than anything Indonesian extremism has to offer today.

Thegroup was founded by exiled Indonesian militants in Malaysia in the 1980s, andgrew to include cells across Southeast Asia.

TheAl Qaeda-linked group was blamed for terror attacks, mainly in Indonesia, thatstruck Western targets, including the 2002 bombing on the resort island of Balithat killed 202 people.

Theattacks prompted Indonesian security forces to mount a sustained crackdown thatwiped out most of JI. However, it has been regaining strength since 2010 andrecent arrests of members suggest it should still be considered a danger.-VNA 

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