Umar Patek
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Umar Patek is a member of Jemaah Islamiyah
who was wanted in the United States
, Australia
, and Indonesia
on terrorism charges. There was a US$1 million reward offered by the Rewards For Justice Program
for information leading to his capture. Patek is alleged to have created the explosives used during the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, which killed 202 people.
Patek was born in 1970 and is a Javanese Arabic man, 166 cm tall, weighing 60 kg, with a brown complexion. He is also known as Umar Kecil, Umar (Arab), Pa'tek, Pak Taek, Abu Syekh, and Zacky.
Patek was captured by Pakistani security officials in Abbotabad on 25 January 2011. Indonesian officials reported that Patek had confessed to playing a key role in the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a series of bombings on Christmas Eve
in 2000. Ansyaad Mbai, the head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency, also told the Associated Press that Patek had "helped lead authorities to bin Laden
." In May 2011, Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro
said that Patek was in Abottabad with his wife with the purpose of meeting bin Laden, but an unnamed U.S. counterterrorism official dismissed this claim as a "coincidence" and told ABC News
that the U.S. had no evidence that Patek was attempting to meet with the al-Qaeda
leader Dawn.com
earlier reported that Patek intended to travel to North Waziristan
with two French militants.
There had been earlier false reports that he had been killed on September 14, 2006 in the Sulu province of the Philippines
.
On 11 August 2011, Umar Patek was extradited to Indonesia where he is detained in Jakarta before pending trial.
Jemaah Islamiyah
Jemaah Islamiah , is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei...
who was wanted in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
on terrorism charges. There was a US$1 million reward offered by the Rewards For Justice Program
Rewards For Justice Program
The Rewards for Justice Program is the counterterrorism rewards program of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service . The Secretary of State is currently offering rewards for information that prevents or favorably resolves acts of international terrorism against U.S. persons or...
for information leading to his capture. Patek is alleged to have created the explosives used during the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, which killed 202 people.
Patek was born in 1970 and is a Javanese Arabic man, 166 cm tall, weighing 60 kg, with a brown complexion. He is also known as Umar Kecil, Umar (Arab), Pa'tek, Pak Taek, Abu Syekh, and Zacky.
Patek was captured by Pakistani security officials in Abbotabad on 25 January 2011. Indonesian officials reported that Patek had confessed to playing a key role in the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a series of bombings on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
in 2000. Ansyaad Mbai, the head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency, also told the Associated Press that Patek had "helped lead authorities to bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
." In May 2011, Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro
Purnomo Yusgiantoro
Purnomo Yusgiantoro , is a former president-secretary general of OPEC, former Indonesian Minister of Energy for three presidents, and Minister of Defense in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet....
said that Patek was in Abottabad with his wife with the purpose of meeting bin Laden, but an unnamed U.S. counterterrorism official dismissed this claim as a "coincidence" and told ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
that the U.S. had no evidence that Patek was attempting to meet with the al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
leader Dawn.com
Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper. One of the country's two largest English-language dailies, it is the flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, published by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the Herald, a magazine, the evening paper The Star and...
earlier reported that Patek intended to travel to North Waziristan
North Waziristan
North Waziristan is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . Waziristan comprises the area west and south-west of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part of Pakistan's...
with two French militants.
There had been earlier false reports that he had been killed on September 14, 2006 in the Sulu province of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
On 11 August 2011, Umar Patek was extradited to Indonesia where he is detained in Jakarta before pending trial.
External links
- Dawn Archive
- Official: CIA tipoff led to Pakistan arrest, Kathy Gannon and Kimberly Dozier, Boston Globe, 30 March 2011
- Joint Team Will Fly to Pakistan to Verify Umar Patek's Arrest, Made Arya Kencana, Jakarta GlobeJakarta GlobeThe Jakarta Globe is a daily English language newspaper in Indonesia, launched on November 12, 2008.The paper averages 48 pages a day, and publishes Monday to Saturday...
, 30 March 2011