Pakistani officials extradited Patek to Indonesia last week, after arresting him in the city of Abbottabad in January, months before al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in the same city. Indonesian officials have said they believe Patek was trying to meet with bin Laden when he was captured.



The United States also sanctioned Abdul Rahim Ba’asyir and Muhammad Jibril Abdul Rahman.



U.S. officials say Ba'asyir has trained and led terror operatives in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia. They say Jibril has played a key role in securing funding for JI activities. Indonesia sentenced Jibril in 2010 to five years in jail in connection with a series of attacks in Jakarta in July 2009. 



The group known as Jemaah Islamiya, which wants to create a strict Islamic state across much of Southeast Asia, was responsible for scores of bombings across the country in the last decade. The Indonesian government has aggressively captured and tried suspected JI followers, and many are in prison.





Source: Voice of America

US Sanctions Southeast Asian Terror Leaders