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3. KILLING OR CAPTURING SANTOSO: A MUST FOR THE STATE
On 12 January 2016, the MIT Press Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, appeared better equipped on YouTube with fully equipped M-
16 with Santoso posing as an “Ustandz” – i.e. teacher – now calling himself as Abu Wardah Kanto Maya News 2016.
Source: Kantomaya news Kanto Maya News 2016
In his YouTube message titled, “message from the commander”, he echoes the calls for an uprising against the Indonesian state. Quoting the Darul Islam leader Kartosoewirjo, Kahar
Muzakkar of the Islamic Army Indonesia Tentara Islam Indonesia in Sulawesi, Ibnu Hadjar, Panglima Polim, Teuku Umar and Abu Jihad alias Abu Beureueh, called for taking up arms
against the Indonesian state. The significance of his online release is giving the homemade
video a “press like” appearance and claiming legitimacy with Indonesian audiences. Despite the evidence Islamic State has not matured yet, the competition between jihadists about
who is more jihadi is well-documented and on-going. Jemaah Islamiyah attempting to rebuild its armed wing, the capture or killing of Abu Wardah alias Santoso and the elimination of the
Santoso group in Poso was been-made a top priority for Indonesian counter-terror efforts. The elimination of Santoso is to prevent creating sanctuary in Indonesia that creates a pocket
for Islamic State Soeriaatmadja, Straits Times 2016. Authorities consider him an icon in the struggle. He gained notoriety in 2013 c
alling to fight Detachment 88 “until the doomsday” News.com Australia 2013, targeting the police is part of the jihadi strategy. The attacks in
Sarinah are no different from other attacks against police targets. We find similar targeting tactics in Saudi Arabia with radicalized family members having
joined Islamic State targeting security officials Office of the Interior Ministry of Government of Saudi Arabia 2015
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, abducting their relatives and killing them in live on-line video streaming, later to be recycled on You Tube in relatively close vicinity to public highways
Prince 2016. We do not rule out that the inter-group rivalry between Islamic State and Jemaah Islamiyah
could result in tip-offs to authorities to eliminate Abu Wardah who follows Islamic State, which is rejected by some within the jihadi scene.
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4. TERRORISM HISTORY MATTERS
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