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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Terrorist ideology, which allows violence to
achieve one's goals, has the potential to develop in 2010 although a number of
top terrorists have been arrested or killed, Singaporean police warned.
Chief of the National Police Headquarters' Detachment-88 Anti-Terror Unit,
Senior Commissioner Tito Karnavian, told Indonesia News Agency (ANTARA) that
the ideology would continue to develop in 2010.
He said the threat of terrorist attacks had admittedly been reduced since
the killing of Noordin M. Top and his lieutenants but it did not mean that the
threat of terrorism receded. This is because their ideology still exists among
the people.
This ideology could gain further support and strength both at home and
abroad. Local conflicts with religious nuances such an in Poso and Ambon could
serve as a factor from inside the country.
"If a group of Muslims felt it was oppressed, it would create an impetus to
the revival of this ideology," Tito Karnavian said.
Malaysia's top terrorist Dr Azhari was killed in a police raid in Kota
Batu, East Java in 2005 while his top aide Malaysia's Noordin M. Top was slain
in Solo, Central Java, a few months ago. In the meantime, Noordin's successor,
Syaifudin Zuhri, was also shot dead in Ciputat, Tangerang, near Jakarta last
October. (end)
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