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The statement described the victims of the attack as `henchmen of America’ and `thieves and robbers of things of value to the Muslims of this country.
Police have said the attacks bear the hallmarks of Malaysian Islamist Noordin Mohammed Top, who heads a violent splinter faction of the radical regional network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Noordin is suspected of masterminding suicide bombings in Indonesia in 2003, 2004 and 2005 which killed a total of 42 people and injured scores more.
Indonesian police spokesman Sulistyo Ishak said, investigators were still examining if the claim of responsibility was genuine or a hoax.
``We will confirm with the investigation team. It’s for them to investigate if it’s true that this (attack) was carried out by this group,’’ Ishak told AFP.
Terrorism analyst Sidney Jones, of the International Crisis Group, said she could not say whether the claim was authentic but noted that blogs were `often used by some of the jihadi groups’.
``I just don’t know. It’s interesting this time round, if it is him, he’s only claiming to be Al-Qaeda for Indonesia and not the Malay Archipelago,’ she said.
Noordin has previously said he leads a group called Al-Qaeda for the Malay Archipelago.
JI and its allies envision much of Southeast Asia under a caliphate, or Islamic government. - AFP
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