his credentials with local militant groups. Al-Faruq had blended in well by keeping a low profile, marrying locally, attending the mosque, and generally maintaining the appearance of a reserved, ungregarious person – his fellow villagers incognizant that there was an American spy in their midst. The former Kuwaiti terrorist’s long-term brief was to exploit his connections with al-Qaeda and infiltrate Indonesia’s emerging, militant Islamic organizations at every opportunity. And more recently, as a result of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, he was also directed to gather intelligence regarding Saudi charities, such as the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, suspected of operating in Indonesia through fronts to disguise al-Qaeda’s inwards capital flow.
As the minibus continued on its way to Jakarta, al-Faruq appeared outwardly calm, his demeanor belying the bizarre situation in which he now found himself, actively participating as a terrorist in order that the United States remain informed. At times, his role playing became all too real, such as when along with an Indonesian trader by the name of Agus Dwikarna, he secretly co-founded a paramilitary group called Laskar Jundullah, the ‘Fighters of God’. Al-Faruq deliberated upon the discombobulated outcome his relationship with the Americans had generated and the absurdity of it all; that the United States was now providing him with the very means to further the terrorist cause – his activities totally devoid of any moral dimension.
Arriving on the outskirts of the capital, al-Faruq then changed his mode of transport and made his way to Agus Dwikarna’s home. There, with fellow Laskar Jundullah conspirators he would engage in the final preparations for the assassination of Megawati Sukarnoputri, then report his activities to his CIA masters via an established letter drop procedure, before returning home.
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