Guantanamo handover unlikely, Indonesia’s foreign ministry says

Indonesian officials said that alleged South-East Asian terror chief Hambali won’t likely return home if President Barack Obama’s plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prevails. Hambali, nom de guerre Riduan Isomuddin, is a former leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the military branch of al-Qaida in South-East Asia that is accused of spearheading […]

Indonesian officials said that alleged South-East Asian terror chief Hambali won’t likely return home if President Barack Obama’s plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prevails.
Hambali, nom de guerre Riduan Isomuddin, is a former leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the military branch of al-Qaida in South-East Asia that is accused of spearheading a string of bombings in Indonesia, including a 2002 attack on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
Hambali allegedly has ties to two of the hijackers responsible for attacks on U.S. soil on September 11, 2001, but he has denied any role.
“Hambali is considered a high threat,” said Arrmanatha Nasir, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.