User:CPA-5/Islamist insurgency in Indonesia
| Islamist insurgency in Indonesia | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Indonesia |
Islamists | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Badrodin Haiti(Chief of POLRI between 2015–16) |
Curent Former  Santoso †(Emir of MIT between 2012–16) Abu Bakar Bashir (POW)(Emir of JAT between 2008–10) | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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9 killed 8 wounded |
7 killed 4 arrested 1 wounded | ||||
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268 killed 218 wounded | |||||
The Islamist insurgency in Indonesia is a low level conflict between the govermnent and the islamists who wants an islamic state in Southeast Asia.
Background[edit]
Indonesia is known by the extreme Islamism movements in the area and past. The Darul Islam insurgency in 1949 was the first sign of an extreme Islamist rebelion against the govermnent the militia tried to establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia led by Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo which was captured and the rebelion did end soon after. However the last branch surrended in February 1965 after the leader of the branch Abdul Kahar Muzakkar. In the 1970s a new Islamist militia was formed by former members of Darul Islam it called itself Komando Jihad the group was dissolved in the mid-1980s. An new group which was made in the Sulawesi province in 1988. The group was known as Mujahedeen KOMPAK and was inspired by Darul Islam
Since countries like the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia were in conflicts by islamists in Southeast Asia.
The group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was formed to make an islamic state in Southeast Asia.
Its first attack was in Manila in the Philippines on 12 March 2000 when three JI members were arrested after they carrying plastic explosives.
The Insurgency[edit]
Jemaah Islamiyah attacks[edit]
Java's Campaine[edit]
The first attack was reporterd on 1 August 2000, when the group Jemaah Islamiyah tried (in an attempt attack) to kill the Philippine ambassador of Indonesia in central Jakarta. The car bomb exploded which killed two people and injuring 21 others.[1] Later that year on 13 September, a second car bomb from Jemaah Islamiyah did explode in Jakarta against the Stock Exchange 15 people were killed and injuring 20[2] Soon after the Christmas Eve attack in Indonesia happened and later the 2002 Bali bombings. A couple of months later in December on Christmas Eve 18 people were killed in a terror attack by Jemaah Islamiyah with help from Al Qaeda. On 11 February 2017, a knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, before being shot by police. On 24 May 2017, in Jakarta three Police officers were killed and 5 Police officers and 5 civilians were injured in a twin Suicide bombings JAT claimed the attack. An extremist Muslim preacher Kiki Muhammad Iqbal is sentenced to nine years for inciting terrorism for a sermon he gave last year at a mosque in Bandung. The sermon is alleged to have caused two suicide bombers to launch a May 2017 attack that killed three policemen in East Jakarta.[3] On 11 May 2018, a knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, before being shot by police.[4][5]
Bali's attacks[edit]
On 12 October 2002, an attack with explosives in Kuta, Indonesia which became the most deadliest attack with over 200 people killed.
Spillover in Neighbour Countries[edit]
After the attempt bomb incident in Manila, Philippines did Jemaah Islamiyah attacked the Philippines once again in Metro Manila which 22 died and over a hundred were injured. Also did Jemaah Islamiyah tried in its plot attack a couple of embassies in Singapore and Australia.
Rise of ISIL[edit]
West Indonesian attacks[edit]
On 14 January 2016, 8 people died in an attack claimed by ISIL members in Jakarta. On 20 October 2016, an ISIL member stabbed three Police officers and tried to explode a pipe bomb which failed the suspected was killed in the incident in Tangerang. On 27 February 2017, in Bandung a suspected was killed after Police officers shot him in a suspected ISIL bombing, it took place at a government office. On 23 June 2017, an Islamic assailant reportedly attacked two police officers at a mosque near the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta. A Police officer was stabbed in Medan on 25 June 2017, and died soon after. An other Police officer killed one of the suspect and the other one was arrested. On 3 April 2018 a failed suicide bomber called Kurnia Widodo tells a court in Jakarta he believes imprisoned cleric Aman Abdurrahman is ISIL's Indonesian leader.[citation needed] On 8 May 2018, journalists began receiving reports of a riot involving terrorist convicts at Mako Brimob. National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. M. Iqbal confirmed the news nearing midnight, saying that the police were still handling the situation.[6]
Operations in Poso[edit]
On 16 May 2017, two MIT militants were killed in a firefight with Indonesian forces in Poso. One Indonesian soldier was wounded.[7] On 3 August 2017, the group MIT killed a farmer in the Poso region.[8]
May 2018 Attacks[edit]
On 8 May 2018, a stand-off between the Indonesian National Police and some ISIL members was launched in a prison in Depok. On 9 May 2018, prisoners at a detention centre for terrorists in Jakarta revolt, killing five officers and taking a sixth hostage. Negotiators accept a demand for an audience between the rioters and Aman Abdurrahman, an inmate who is the head of ISIL in the country.[9][citation needed] On 10 May 2018, at 6:45 a.m., the detainees left the Detention Centre and surrendered. Weapons numbering 26 units and about 300 rounds of ammunition were handed over. Soon later after a couple of hours a terrorist attacked an officer with a knife. On 13 May 2018, 4 bombs went off in the churches of the city of Surabaya On 14 May 2018, after multiple suicide bombings in Surabaya a new bomb went off in the police headquarters in Surabaya. In total 28 people were killed which 13 were the attackers and 15 victims. On 16 May 2018, a group of men attacked (with swords) the Riau Regional Police headquarters in Pekanbaru, Riau.
References[edit]
- ^ "Car bomb explodes at home of Philippine ambassador". Bangla 2000. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Two jailed for stock exchange bombing". BBC News. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Indonesian preacher gets 9 years' jail for inciting suicide bomb attack in Jakarta". The Straits Times. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Knife-wielding attacker wounds four church-goers in Indonesia". 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Deutscher Priester bei Schwert-Angriff verletzt". T-Online (in German). 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Mako Brimob riot: What we know so far". The Jakarta Post. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Two suspected Poso terrorists killed in shootout". The Jakarta Post. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Turun Gunung, Kelompok Santoso Tembak Mati Petani". Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Inmates Kill Five Police Officers at Terrorist Detention Center in Indonesia". The Wall Street Journal. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.