Guantanamo closure spells trouble for Indonesia


Indonesian police at a monument, dedicated to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings in the tourist district of Kuta, on Jan 22 this year. The blasts, which killed 202 people, remain the deadliest terror attack in modern-day Indonesia.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE.

JAKARTA: Indonesia is in a bind over the prospect of Hambali, one of the deadliest terrorists from the country, being sent home from Guantanamo Bay where he has been held by the United States since 2006.

The former operations chief of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror network, who is an Indonesian citizen, may be repatriated if US President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down the detention centre, also known as Gitmo.

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