Jemaah Islamiyah in San Jose
Charles Johnson
Sat Aug 4, 2007 at 8:29 am PDT • Views: 533
Californian Arrested on Terror Charges.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 — Federal authorities said Friday that a California man has been arrested on terrorism-related charges and indicted along with his Malaysian brother, a fugitive and suspected leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the group blamed for killing 202 people in the 2002 bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.
Rahmat Abdhir, 43, a United States citizen of Malaysian descent living in San Jose, was arrested at his workplace in Sunnyvale on Thursday after officials issued a 16-count indictment charging him with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, lying to federal officials and contributing goods and services to a “global terrorist.”
The indictment also names his brother, Zulkifli Abdhir, 41, a Malaysian citizen who has eluded capture since 2003.
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