Indonesian anti-terrorist force captured Abu Rusdan, who was said to be the key leader of Jemaah Islamiyah group related to Al-Qaeda.

Abu Rusdan is currently known as active members in the leadership of the Jemaah Islamiyah network, Indonesia's police spokesman Ahmad Ramadhan said on September 13, referring to the group in the US terrorist list and is connected

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Rusdan was arrested on September 10 in Bekasi near the capital Jakarta, along with three others suspected of being a member of Jemaah Islamiyah.

Abu Rusdan (middle) was sentenced after a trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, in November 2003.

The Jemaah Islamiyah network is said to have been conducting many attacks in the Philippines and Indonesia, including the 2002 bombing in Bali Island that killed 202 people, mainly foreign tourists.

Rusdan, 61, in 2003 was sentenced to prison for covering Ali Ghufron, rebels were executed for conducting bombing in Bali.

Wawan Hari Purwanto, the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency spokesman, at the beginning of the month after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the official strengthened the efforts to detect early and preventing terrorist groups related to the Circular.

Indonesian officials said that in the past year, anti-terrorism force capties dozens of rebels and suspects of Jemaah Islamiyah's network, including Zulkarnaen, who is said to be the military leader of the group and has been wanted more than 18 years