DAR AL HARB/ISLAM: "WE WANT OUR LANDS BACK & WE WANT SHARI'AH LAW TO RULE THERE"

Muslims want back land, JI captive says
From correspondents in Jakarta

STOLEN Muslim land drives the hatred of Indonesia-based extremist network Jemaah Islamiah for the west, the group's jailed military boss told CNN in an interview broadcast today.

Abu Dujana, one of South-East Asia's most wanted men, was arrested by Indonesian anti-terror police on June 9 as he rode a motorcycle with three of his four young children.

Police say he is linked to several major bombings that have rocked Indonesia in recent years, including the 2002 Bali blasts that killed 88 Australians.

Analysts, however, have said they are sceptical of his involvement in that bombing, which left a total of 202 people dead.

He has claimed he was against the 2003 bombing of the Marriott hotel in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

In the interview with CNN at a police station in the central city of Yogyakarta, Dujana, shown handcuffed and smiling, said he thought "Americans or other civilians can become a target - that's how I see it".

Asked where the hatred of the west came from, he replied: "Many lands owned by Muslims have been taken away by our enemies. America is part of it, like in Palestine and other places.

"We demand those governments return those lands and let us put Sharia law in place."

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