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Radical Indonesian cleric arrested for terrorism

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, once imprisoned for his links to the terror group behind the Bali bombings, was arrested Monday for alleged involvement with a new militant network.
His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said the arrest took place on Monday morning in West Java's Ciamis district.
Bashir is best known as the founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Al Qaida-linked terrorist group responsible for the 2002 bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.