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Indeed, the key Christian city of Tentena in Sulawesi was on the verge of being routed when the central government, led by Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Yusuf Kalla, convinced the warring parties to agree to a ceasefire in December 2001. This was followed by a peace agreement, the Malino Accord, in February 2002. The JI supported the ceasefire as it felt that peace would provide opportunities for it to proselytize and consolidate in Poso, where it already had many supporters and could thus turn Poso into a safe base within Indonesia.
Police also recovered instruction manuals on the handling of firearms, the setting of booby traps, the conduct of ambushes, and instructions on how to obtain intelligence on police weapons storage. The KMM’s aim was to establish a pan-Islamic state, including Indonesia, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines, by overthrowing the present governments of both Indonesia and Malaysia. S. 89 KMM and JI memberships overlapped and KMM had linkages with Al Qaeda through Hambali’s coordinating role. For instance, Mohammed Iqbal Rahman (or Abu Jibril), who was arrested in June 2001, was a key JI/KMM member and was involved in coordinating the dispatch of volunteers to participate in the sectarian violence in Sulawesi and Maluku.
24 This was followed by the spectacular bombings at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta during July 2009, which targeted a high-powered business meeting of Western business executives. Nine people were killed and more than 50 injured. 25 The Origins and Development of the JI Network The JI, however, is not a new network, as its origins can be traced to the abortive Darul Islam (DI) rebellion in the 1950s, which had aimed to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia. The rebellion resulted in the deaths of some 25,000 people and was suppressed with some difficulty by the government.
