Hambali, the operations director for Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist movement, is on the run, but for over 10 years he was in Malaysia planning and recruiting like-minded radicals for his campaign of terror to hit Western targets in South-East Asia. Malaysian police have collected new information on Hambali and his involvement in Jemaah Islamiah in their continuing war against terrorism, write WONG CHUN WAI and LOURDES CHARLES.
HAMBALI is Asia’s most wanted terrorist. As the operations director for Osama bin Laden in South-East Asia, he plotted, financed and carried out his campaign of terror in the region.
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