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Jemaah Islamiyah

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Noun1.Jemaah Islamiyah - a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
Islamic Community, Islamic Group, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Malaya, Malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957


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In 2001, Basilan Island, a remote island in the southern Philippines, was home to hundreds of members of the violent Abu Sayyaf Group, or ASG, and Jemaah Islamiyah, or JI, two terrorist elements with links to al-Qaeda.
Defeating the idea: unconventional warfare in the southern Philippines by Eckert, William / Special Warfare
After the deadly Bali attack, unprecedented international cooperation, principally with the Australians (since the majority of the victims were Australian), resulted in the swift uncovering of the clandestine Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network in Indonesia, which surely prevented other planned, deadly attacks.
Jemaah Islamiyah: Radical Islam in Indonesia by Tan, Andrew T.H. / Pacific Affairs
2, killing 26 people, the London Times the following day urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono not to ignore the threat of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Austria "wants to keep Muslim countries out of EU," according to ... by Jones, Lucy / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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