Azahari Husin (Source: Royal Malaysia Police)

Dr. Azahari bin Husin (circa 1957 – November 9, 2005), a Malaysian national and Islamic terrorist, was believed to be the technical mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing and various other Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist attacks. As a result, he was nicknamed the "Demolition Man". Azahari was killed in a police raid on his hideout in 2005. Image File history File links Azahari_Husin. ... Image File history File links Azahari_Husin. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Islamist terrorism, sometimes called Islamic terrorism, is terrorism that is carried out to further the political and religious ambitions of a segment of the Muslim community. ... The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ... Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations...

History

Azahari was an engineer with a Ph.D. in property valuation from University of Reading, United Kingdom and was a lecturer at the University of Technology in Johor, Malaysia. He studied in Australia for four years in the mid to late 1970s, when many Malay students were drawn to the cause of political Islam under the influence of the brewing Iranian revolution. He attended Norwood High school, now known as Norwood Morialta High School in the mid 1970s. Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Whiteknights Lake Whiteknights Lake in winter The University Great Hall, on the London Road Campus The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza... Norwood Morialta High School is a dual campus high school of over 1300 students ranging from years 8 to 13. ...

Later he received extensive bomb training in Afghanistan. He authored the JI bomb manual, used in the Bali bombing and the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing. He also planned the September 9, 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing. He was also implicated in the 2005 Bali bombings. Prior to his death, he was one of the most wanted men in Indonesia along with Noordin Mohammed Top. The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Jakarta embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... Wikinews has news related to: Fatal explosions hit Bali The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. ... Azahari Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top (Source: The Telegraph) Noordin Mohammed Top is one of the most wanted men in Asia. ...

In July of 2004, Noordin and Azahari narrowly escaped a police raid on a rented house west of Jakarta, where forensic experts later found traces of explosives used in the embassy bombing. Neighbours described both as reclusive men who left the property only to pray at a nearby mosque; and they said that before the bombing, they saw the duo loading heavy boxes into a white delivery van which is the same type used in that attack.^[1] A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

Before the Marriott Hotel bombing Azahari is known to have stayed with Asmar Latin Sani, the suspected Marriott suicide bomber, at his home in Bengkulu on the island of Sumatra.^[2] Asmar Latin Sani, from West Sumatra, was the suicide bomber who detonated the car bomb in the August 5 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ...

Both men were close associates of Jemaah Islamiyah's former operational chief, Riduan Isamuddin (better known as Hambali) who was captured in Thailand in 2003.^[1] Riduan Isamuddin (also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, better known by the nom de guerre Hambali, born as Encep Nurjaman, born April 4, 1966) is an Indonesian Islamist militant. ...

Death

On November 9, 2005, Indonesian police, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid on one of his hideouts in Batu, near Malang in East Java with Detachment 88 operators sent to assist regular police officers. Three suspected jihadi terrorists barricaded themselves inside a house and they put up stiff resistance, throwing grenades and firing bullets at the police outside. This was followed by a series of explosions, one of which was a suicide blast. Police identified the intact corpse of Azahari, with a bullet wound in his chest.^[3][4] It seems Azahari was shot and killed by a police sniper, after which one of his disciples blew himself up to prevent him from being taken alive. is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Malang is the second largest city in East Java province, Indonesia with an ancient history dating back to the Mataram Kingdom. ... East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. ... Special Detachment 88 (Detasemen Khusus 88), or Delta 88, is a nickname given to the newly anti-terror special force unit formed within Indonesian Police (Polri). ...

References

The New Straits Times is a Malaysian English-language newspaper. ...

External links

• http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030210_bali_confessions/suspects.htm
• http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/09/1094530774504.html?from=storylhs
• http://www.mugshots.com/Terrorists/Azahari+Husin.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4421300.stm