Hambali seeking freedom


KUALA LUMPUR: Hambali aka Riduan Isamuddin, formerly Al-Qaeda’s most powerful leader in South-East Asia and detained in Guantanamo Bay for 13 years, has finally made his appearance before the prison’s Periodic Review Board.

The man, who wreaked terror in the region, masterminded the Bali bombing which killed 202, bombed churches in Indonesia on Christmas Eve and plotted to kill world leaders in Bangkok, is seeking his release.

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