Umar Patek

An Indonesian militant accused of helping to build a massive car bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Abdul Hameed in Northwest Pakistan's hill town of Abottabad would have never imagined that his act of kindness, of giving a foreign couple food and shelter for a few days would blow up in his face.He had come across a foreign couple, cold and shivering in the street, and could he give them food and shelter for a few days?Hameed had spare rooms on t...

A senior Indonesian Al-Qaida operative wanted in the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Pakistan, a rare high-profile capture in the war on terror that could provide valuable intelligence about the organization and possible future plots.Umar Patek, a suspected member of the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, was arrested earlier ...

An Indonesian militant accused of helping to build a massive car bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Abdul Hameed in Northwest Pakistan's hill town of Abottabad would have never imagined that his act of kindness, of giving a foreign couple food and shelter for a few days would blow up in his face.He had come across a foreign couple, cold and shivering in the street, and could he give them food and shelter for a few days?Hameed had spare rooms on t...

A senior Indonesian Al-Qaida operative wanted in the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Pakistan, a rare high-profile capture in the war on terror that could provide valuable intelligence about the organization and possible future plots.Umar Patek, a suspected member of the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, was arrested earlier ...