Al-Ghozi, a self-confessed Indonesian operative of the JI, was sentenced to 17 years in a Philippine prison last year for possession of explosives.
He has since given a deposition to Philippine prosecutors that JI leader Hambali, born Riduan Isamuddin, and Faiz Abubakar Bafana, funded the December 2000 bombing of the Manila light rail system and other key installations that killed 22 people.
Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, was shot dead by Philippine armed force on 12 Oct 03 in south of Mindanao
has been fingered as the mastermind of the bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta which left 11 dead and 149 injured
DR AZAHARI HUSIN is easily the most wanted man in the region today and in terms of notoriety he has overshadowed other Jemaah Islamiah fugitives such as Hambal alias Riduan Isamuddin, the point man for al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia.�
The former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia lecturer, said to be operating in Indonesia, has been blamed for a series of bombing campaigns including the latest attack on the JW Marriot Hotel in Jakarta on Aug 5.� The 46-year-old bespectacled British-trained engineer is said to have conducted bomb-making classes for militants.�
Dr Azahari was sent to Mindanao in the Southern Philippines in 1999 where he trained to handle firearms and making explosives.�
�The web of terror grew from there as Dr Azahari is believed to have met and struck a deep friendship with Fathur Rahman Al Ghozi, � one Indonesian source revealed.�
Fathur, nicknamed Mike the Bomber, recently escaped from a Manila prison and is now a fugitive.
He has conducted arms training for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in southern Philippines and had also trained JI operatives in Malaysia and Singapore.�