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U.S. to Brand Islamic Group Tied to Bali Blast as Terrorist
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
The Associated Press

Jemaah Islamiyah will become the 35th organization branded as a terrorist group by the State Department.

WASHINGTON -- AP
The State Department will name an Islamic extremist group that is under suspicion in the nightclub bombing that killed nearly 200 people in Indonesia as a terrorist group, a U.S. government official said Tuesday.

Jemaah Islamiyah has cells throughout South Asia and, according to a report by the State Department's counterterrorism office, seeks to create an Islamic state comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Southern Philippines.

Listing the group as a terrorist organization will make it a crime to contribute funds to it and will bar its members from gaining visas to enter the United States.

Before the Bali explosions on Oct. 12, the Bush administration moved gingerly in dealing with Indonesia on terrorism.
(More: The Miami Herald News Source)
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