Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 09/2009

Indonesia: Noordin Top's Support Base

August 2009

International Crisis Group

Abstract

"Indonesia: Noordin Top's Support Base", the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the backgrounds of those arrested, killed or on the run in connection with the July attacks. It looks at how individuals close to Noordin Top, self-styled leader of al-Qaeda Indonesia, draw on their friends, family, co-workers and schoolmates to expand the local support network.