Wanted Terrorist Santoso Reappears With Anti-Police YouTube Video
The YouTube video, in which Santoso and two armed men taunt Densus 88, was taken down from the video-sharing website on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
After months of silence, Indonesia's most-wanted man, the fugitive terrorist Santoso, posted a six-minute-long tirade on YouTube in which he promised to wage a holy war against anti-terrorism police Densus 88 "until doomsday."
The fugitive leader of the East Indonesia Mujahideen brandished a pistol as he delivered a call-to-arms to Indonesian radicals in a video titled "Treaties to Muslims in Poso."
Santoso, flanked by two men dressed in fatigues and holding assault rifles, began the video saying "greetings to all of you who are in town to keep fighting Densus 88," before showing footage of a terrorist allegedly killed in a police raid.
"For my brothers in Poso, you have experienced the evilness of Densus 88 to ummat [Muslims]," he said. "You all know how Densus 88 slew our brothers in Poso in 2007."
The video was posted on July 6 and taken down shortly after for violating YouTube's terms on violent imagery. In the video, Santoso and his associates shoot rifles, talk over images of dead bodies and urge radicals to target members of Densus 88.
Anti-terrorism police confirmed on Wednesday that the man pictured in the video is Santoso.
"The photos matched after we compared them," a source at Densus 88 told the Jakarta Globe.
The National Police are investigating the origins of the video, which was posted online by an account named Al Himmah. Officers are also working to prevent the video from being spread online.
"We are anticipating [that the video] could damage the security and public order," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie said. "Everyone has the ability to elude the police, but we will continue to maximize our investigation tactics until we find this man."
Santoso, who also goes by the names Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi Al-Indunesi, Abu Warda and Abu Yahya, has repeatedly avoided capture by police. Densus 88 has conducted numerous raids targeting alleged Santoso hideouts, but has so far only been able to detain or kill the ringleader's associates, police said.
This is not the first time Santoso posted a threat against police on the internet.
He posted a screed that threatened to kill police on an Indonesian jihadi website on Dec. 24, 2012. His organization also hacked the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserves Command website and posted the same message.
On Oct. 17, 2012, Santoso posted a letter daring Densus 88 to catch him.
Densus 88 began to tighten their grip on the restive district of Poso after several high-profile attacks on police officers — including an attempted suicide bombing — followed the discovery of a terrorist training camp. An increase in terrorism-motivated armed robberies in Java has also been linked to militant organizations operating in Poso.
The region, called a hotbed of domestic terrorism by police, has struggled with a history of post-New Order sectarian violence. The militant Laksar Jihad organization moved into Central Sulawesi in the early 2000s, setting off a wave of violence in an attempt to push Christian Indonesians from villages ringing the predominately Muslim district of Poso.
The ensuing violence, which was perpetrated by both sides, has since cooled, but a resurgence of radical Islam in the region has security forces concerned. Terrorists Santoso, Sabar Subagyo, a former member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and Basri are all believed to be operating in the region.
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