Jakarta, Indonesia -

1. 31st December 2001 and 1st January 2002 Bombs exploded in Palu City (approximately 220km from Poso City) in the grounds of the following churches:

   a. GKI Sulsel -Jl Pattimura Palu
   b. GPdI - Jl Thamrin Palu
   c. Gereja Advent - Jl Setia Budi Palu
   d. GPdI - Jl Gajahmada Palu
   e. GKMI - Jl Tanjung 1 Palu
   

   It is suspected that the bomber was one of the signatories to the Malino Declaration: Yono (a Muslim) and it is now being processed through the courts, and he is being held in the Palu Maesa jail.

2. 1st January 2002 in Sepe, a fish seller, Amir Rakati, a Muslim living in the village of Kabalo, Tojo was beaten up by two Christians, Elfan Tinulele and Lefran Salarang (Christian). The victim suffered bruises on the face. The two perpetrators were arrested by the Poso Police and their case has been processed by the State Court in Poso. Reconciliation has been made between the victims and the perpetrators.

3. 3 January 2002 some Christians were mocked, being called 'Kongkoli' in the Central Market in Poso. As a result soldiers of the Indonesian Army beat up those who were shouting. A group of Muslims were angry, but the situation was calmed down and the soldiers are being processed through the law courts.

4. 6 January 2002 in Malei, Lage

   1. Christian Refugee Barracks were burned down
   2. Malei Primary School burned down.

   This was done by the Laskar Jihad

5. 7 January 2002 in Malei, Lage, destruction of farms, cutting down of about 30 clove trees and hundreds of chocolate trees were destroyed and cut down. All done by the Laskar Jihad.

6. 10 January 2002 in Malei, Lage, Malei Primary School was burned down again by the Laskar Jihad so that it was totally destroyed. Farms were destroyed; coconut and chocolate trees owned by Christians were cut down by the Laskar Jihad. The galvanized roofs in the Christian graveyard were wrecked by the Laskar Jihad.

7. 14 January 2002, the Christian refugees who were cleaning up what was left of the houses in Malei, Lage and Galuga, Tojo were stopped by the mobs (the Laskar Jihad / Muslims) in these villages. The local government in these villages did nothing except follow the will of the Laskar Jihad.

8. 16 January 2002, four Christians who were collecting durian from their trees in Malei, Lage were held up by a group of people. One of them Mr. A Reabonto (Christian) was shot and killed on the spot. The three other Christians fled towards the village of Silanca. Until now the perpetrators have not yet arrested by the authorities.

9. 2 May 2002, Hj Adnana Arsal (one of the signatories of the Malino Declaration for Poso, second Chairperson of the Working Group for the Malino Declaration for Poso, Leader of Amanan Islamic Boarding School in the Gebangrejo village, Poso) made a statement in front of the representatives of the community in the district of Lombogia and Lawanga, Poso
   
   

   'According to data at the Palu Immigration Office, there are 68 foreigners who have or are working as missionaries (evangelists) in the Protestant Church of Central Sulawesi (GKST) and are now in Tentena. When these foreigners are removed, then the Laskar Jihad will also leave.'

   The statement that there are 68 foreigners is NOT TRUE and that statement is a slander, an issue that arouses provocation, because there are no foreigners who are working for GKST and living in Tentena at this time. There have been no foreign missionaries in GKST since 1997. The statement said that it was true that there were Laskar Jihad in Poso and Hj Adnan Arsal has the authority to bring in, to maintain or to remove the Laskar Jihad from Poso. The Central Sulawesi Police have promised to put Hj Adnan Arsal under investigation but until now, no action has been taken.

10. May 9, 2002, Foreigners attacked by Jihad in Poso A group of ten foreign tourists from Australia and the USA visiting the Poso region, Central Sulawesi, were punched and spat upon today by a jihad warrior. On the last day of their visit, near the village of Mapane, while taking some final photographs before heading back to Palu. One person was punched in the arm through the car window before the jihad warrior turned on the tourists and began spitting on their cars. He tried to pull a sign post, reading 'Area of compulsory wearing of jilbabs (head veil)' out of the ground and endeavored to use it to beat the tourists. Seeing the outburst of anger by this man, the drivers in the cars, put their foot on the accelerators and quickly departed the area.
    
    Ironically, behind the man was a sign written on a low cement wall, 'Muslims are against Immorality'. One would also hope that this man would also learn to be against violence and unprovoked explosions of anger, which can only hinder the progress of reconciliation and the economic recovery of this devastated part of Indonesia.

11. 16 May 2002, Mr. Agus Pasule (Christian, resident of Tamonjeka, Masani, Poso Coastal District, about 30km from Poso City) was killed in Tamonjeka. Stefanus (a Christian from the same village, who worked for Agus Pasule) is also thought to have been killed here. On the 25th of May a decaying body was found in this village. The body is being examined in the forensic laboratories in Makasar. The authorities until now have not succeeded in arresting those responsible.

12. 6 June 2002, Bus Antariksa traveling from Palu to Tentena was bombed in Landangan, Toini, Poso Coastal District. Five Christians died. Rev. Eddy Makawimbang, Olin Radyima, P. Alimbuto, Lestari Oktaviani and S Alimbuto. 16 others were wounded. The perpetrators have still not been identified.

13. 9 June 2002, Mr. Risman Pontali, alias Papa Waris, was killed sadistically (his neck was almost cut off) in Kayamanya, Poso. A Muslim is suspected of being one of the perpetrators and is currently being processed by the Poso Police.

14. 11 June 2002, the wife of Agus Pasule (point 11) came to Tamonjeka, Masani in order to visit her farm and pick the fruit. She was forbidden to do so by a Muslim with the reason being given that around the location of that farm there were many Jihad.

15. 1 July 2002 at 21.45, a bomb exploded in Tagolu, Lage, Poso (about 7km from Poso City). The bomb was placed in front of a housed owned by a GKST minister and had been occupied by a Christian refugee family from Gebangrejo, Poso, the Tibe-Lawa family. The house is on the Trans Sulawesi highway, located across from the Civilian Security Post and the Tagolu State Primary School. A bomb was found in the Civilian Security Post and is now being investigated by the police. Ironically this incident took place on the same day of the visit of the Indonesia Coordinating Minister of Social Welfare to Poso and Tentena. The perpetrators have yet to be discovered.

16. 3 July, 2002 Mr. Ifer Lengkono (Christian), aged 49, a civil servant, was shot. This incident occurred on the trans Sulawesi highway in Landangan, Toini, Poso Coastal District (about 6km from Poso City). The victim was shot while driving his motorbike from Poso towards the village of Betania and Kasiguncu. That day the victim as the treasurer for the wages of the teachers in Kasiguncu had just returned from receiving the wages to be paid to the teachers. The victim was taken to the Poso General Hospital. He was shot a number of times and two Colt 38 bullets were found in the front breast of the victim. He died at the Poso hospital on 7 July 2002 at 9.00 pm without any relatives present. The perpetrators have yet to be discovered. His body was taken to Tentena for burial.

17. 6 July 2002. A house was burned again in Poso. The house was owned by the Katemba family (Christians), government workers in the Social Welfare Department in Poso. The incident occurred before dawn about 4.00. When the house was burned down, the owner was not at home. The Lukas family was staying at the house at the time of the incident. Ironically the house is located exactly in front of the Poso City Police Station. The perpetrators have yet to be discovered.

18. 6 July 2002. At 11 am, another victim was shot at twice by two men riding a motor cycle on Tanjung Bulu Street in Poso City some 50 meters from the Poso City Police Security Post. Mr. Yos Tampodung (Christian) aged 60 years was a displaced person from Poso City. He was taken to the Tagolu Health Center suffering from a Colt 38 bullet wound in his left side. The perpetrators have yet to be discovered

19. 7 July 2002. About 7.30 in the morning, in the village of Wayura, South Pamona, two people who were stringing up a fish net in the Kodina River, were shot. The two men were Markus and Ones Lawara. Ones Lawara (Christian), aged 40 years, a farmer, was shot in the side of the head and died at the place of the incident. Meanwhile Marcus fled and escaped while being shot at by a barrage of shots, and went to the village of Wayura to seek help. The perpetrators are yet to be discovered.

20. 11 July 2002. A shooting took place in Bategencu, Lage district (about 14km from Poso City) at 7.30 am. Two people were shot, firstly Albert Lawodi (Christian), a 30-year-old male, the caretaker of the Lee Church, Toyado village, who suffered a shooting wound in the back. Secondly Sem Tampusu (Christian), a male, was shot in the jaw. The two victims were being treated in the Tagolu Health Center and the GKST hospital in Tentena. The local head of police promised to put his men in that village on the same day, but the promise was not implemented. The perpetrators have not yet been found. Residents of Silanca retaliated by attacking Mr. Mohammed Mustari (47), a Muslim who happened to be passing by on the road to Poso. He received light wounds and was taken to the Poso Hospital for medical treatment.

21. 11 July 2002. A fish seller (Muslim) on a motorbike was beaten by Christians in Silanca, Lage district (about 9km from Poso City). The local community was angry and disappointed by the number of Christian victims who had been shot at, attacked by bombs and terrorized. Their anger flared up when a fish seller from Tojo just happened to be passing while the locals were busy dealing with the shooting of Albert Lawodi and looking for two of his friends. The victim was bruised on the face but rescued by the Christian community in the same village. The fish seller was then taken by police back to his village, Silanca, in the Tojo district. Reconciliation has taken place between the community of Silanca and the victim and his family.

22. 12 July 2002. At 3.30 in the afternoon a bomb exploded in front of a bus passing through Kawua (about 4 km from Poso City) on the Trans Sulawesi highway, The incident took place about 1 km from the Raksatama Military Station (TNI Kompi 711) in Poso and about 150 meters from a combined Military and Police Post. The explosion killed one passenger and wounded four other passengers. The bus, PO Omega, was traveling from Palu to Poso. The victims were all Christians. The passengers were as follows:

    1. Alwin Makamba of Watuawu, male. Wounded in the thigh.
    2. Mariam Patumbu, female, aged 49 years, teacher in Tokilo was wounded. A finger on her left hand was amputated.
    3. Ester Supita Doka, Christian, niece of Mariam, aged 18 years, from Tokila, South Pamona, died instantly.
    4. Marten Mokodompis, Christian, male, 17 years, from Madale, Poso. Bus conductor. Wounded in the face, arms, chest and legs.
    5. Ongo Tandawani, Christian, male, 46 years, wounded in both hands and wrists, one severed, seriously wounded in the chest, legs and thigh.

    The perpetrators have yet to be discovered.

23. Thursday, 18 July 2002. The Omega bus from Poso-Palu was shot at in the Landengen area.

24. Friday, 19 July 2002 Around 1.30 pm two dead bodies (Balinese Hindu men) found shot and slaughtered on the road between Tokorondo-Masani villages (+ 30 km from Poso in the direction of Palu). Their names were I Nyoman Mandre, 30 years old and I Made Sabir, 25 years old. The two deceased were shot by snipers using FNC bullets, NATO standard. The two bodies were found in a car belonging to one of the deceased, a blue pick up car. According to information received, the two men had just finished collecting money, around 12 million rupiah. The money was not found in their car.

25. Monday, 22 July 2002 Around 12 noon, jihad warriors attacked a group of farmers who were working in their rice field and clove plantation in Mayoa village (near Pendolo), with gunshots. Three people were shot: Mr. Rindu Lasampa, 30, shot on his knee, and his wife Mrs. Norce Bungge, 28, shot on her right leg and Mr. Welem Rampalino, 60, was shot three times. One penetrated his left foot. One bullet is still in the nape of his neck and one in the back of his head. Mayoa village is in the area of South Pamona District Poso County, with Pendolo as its capital.

26. Monday, 22 July 2002
    
    On the same day, early in the morning, the Chief of Police of South Pamona in a raid found 1 Handy Talky ICOM Y68 type, 11 molotov cocktails, 1 magazine of M-16 with 30 bullets, 1 instrument for making bombs, 3 instruction manuals for the tactics and conduct of guerilla warfare and for the manufacture of bombs, guns and other home-made weapons, 3 complete jihad warrior uniforms, evidence of 39 new jihad warriors having arrived from Makassar sent by the organization KOMPAK, which last year had sponsored 6 foreigners (2 Afghanis, 2 Pakistanis & 2 Saudis) who spent several months from September to November in the Pandajaya area. Eyewitness reports of local residents confirmed military intelligence to be on the lookout for these new fully armed warriors. Investigation of their pathway into the nearby jungles confirmed their arrival.

27. Monday, July 22, 2002
    
    In the same incident the Chief of Police caught 4 suspected jihad terrorists, and was taking them to his station through the Pandajaya village (all inhabitants are Moslem), but then he was attacked by the Moslem masses and demanded he trade the four Moslem men for two Christian men whom the Pandajaya people had kidnapped. The two men were members of the above victims' families who were shot earlier, and they were traveling on their motorcycle passing near the village of Pandajaya on their way to Pendolo to visit the victims. They were then confronted by a large, unruly group of Muslims from Pandajaya. One's name was Mr. S. Kedua, 30 and the other was Mr. S. Ompo better known as Papa Masa, aged 60. The two men were attacked and held captive, but Papa Masa managed to escape. Mr. S. Kedua was held captive at the Mobile-Police Post, but the police were helpless to do anything due to the numbers. After being tortured for some time, Mr. Kedua suffered several wounds:

    1. Wounds to the right eye-lid due to being struck with hard objects and being stoned
    2. Machete wounds to his right arm
    3. Stab wounds with sharp wooden objects to the back of his head and back
    4. Cigarette burns to his right arm

    Realizing he was probably going to be killed, Mr. Kedua ceased his resistance and began to pray. While praying he was struck across the back of his legs with a harvesting sickle but it left no wounds. The masses then began to shout abuse at him, mocking his faith and hurling insults against the Lord Jesus Christ. Eventually the Police were able to convince the crowd to hand him over to them so that he could be interrogated for carrying a homemade weapon. Mr. Kedua is convinced that he was delivered from the jaws of death, not by his or any other human power, but by the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.

28. Monday, 22 July 2002. In the evening, 3 motor bikes on the way to Pendolo to visit the shooting victims, were shot at by two men wearing army uniform and green berets at the Kodina bridge, 2 km from Pendolo. Behind these motor cycles a public bus, Adi Putra traveling in the same direction was also shot with 3 gunshots, and one hit the door of the bus. No one was injured in these attacks. The bus driver saw the shots were coming from a man using mask with a black outfit, standing by a military post. This post is unguarded during the night.

29. Wednesday, 24 July 2002 Around 8.30 am 2 vehicles traveling towards Makassar, South Sulawesi, were stoned in Pandajaya village (10 km from Pendolo). In one of the vehicles, Sinar Barati, a tourist bus with the number plate DD 7854, C there were 5 tourists from Germany, United States of America, and Denmark (3 women and 2 men). The other vehicle, Soro Mase, with plate number DD 7556 C was a public bus. Both drivers were badly injured and all glass windows in the two vehicles were broken. The two vehicles kept on driving.

30. Wednesday, 24 July 2002 Around 7.00 pm a GKST church in Toini (+ 12 km from Poso in the direction of Palu), was burned down and the perpetrators have not yet been found.

31. Sunday July 28, 2002.
    
    On Sunday July 28, the Omega Bus traveling from Tentena to Palu, the Provincial Capital, was shot at in the in the Landengen area, Toini-Masani area 15 km (10 m) west of Poso. The bullet was fired from the beach side of the road and penetrated through one side of the bus and exited on through the other side. No passengers were injured.

32. Friday, 2 August 2002
    
    At around 3 am 2 farmers saw around more than 50 men wearing black clothing and masks and carrying machine guns trying to enter Silanca village, + 24 km from Poso towards the direction of Ampana. Silanca is the first Christian village from Ampana in the direction towards Tentena.

33. Friday, 2 August 2002
    
    In Lee, Toyado, + 30 km east of Poso at around 9 am, 2 Christian men on the way to their plantation were shot at but were not hit. They ran to Bategencu (+ 6 km from Lee).

34. Saturday, 3 August 2002
    
    At 1 am investigation team of CC-GKST had to go to Silanca village because a report came saying that there was another attempt from a group of people to enter the village. CC-GKST has asked the armed forces posted in Tagolu village (19 km from Poso, 5 km from Silanca) to come along, but were refused because they had no order from their superior.

35. Sunday, August 4, 2002,Matako village attacked
    
    In the early hours of Sunday morning as the seaside village of Matako, 32 km east of Poso slept peacefully, jihad terrorists struck terror into this Christian community. The attack began at 3.30 am with cries of 'Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!' as the sleepy night burst into a blaze of fire, bullets and bombs. The attack came from two directions. Some of the jihad terrorists entered through the middle of the village having come down jungle pathways from the mountains while others landed on the beach in speedboats. The attack force was estimated to be between 80-100 men. Reports from eye-witnesses in the village state that late last night, around 10.00 pm gunshots were heard near the village and the Police Mobile Brigade were called in to investigate, but finding nothing were withdrawn from the village. According to the pastor of the Pentecostal Church (GPdI) Rev. Usu Lassa, the attack on his church came from two directions, the mountains and the coast. He described the sound of the blazing bullets as 'a never ending song' that just went on and on. His house was next to the church and he fled in the dark, crawling through the long grass and through a coconut plantation. It was here that Rev. Lassa witnessed his church being set on fire and being bombed, and people in the village being shot at. Only one of his members, Mr. Salmon Toboe (35), was wounded in the attack, being shot in the back as he fled. Fortunately the wound struck no vital organs and he was evacuated to the nearby village of Silanca where the bullet was removed. Rev. Lassa witnessed six homes of his members being burned down before he was able to escape. He was unsure of how many other homes were destroyed. As daylight began to dawn just after 5.00 am, the jihad attackers made their retreat from the village leaving a pathway of destruction in their wake.
    
    According to eyewitnesses, the Presbyterian Church (GKST) was also attacked and damaged, but the exact extent of the damage was still unknown. Five members of their church were shot and wounded, four seriously. The four seriously injured have been transferred to the Tentena Hospital. Mrs. Lenny Tenggali was shot in the stomach and she is still being operated on to have the bullet removed. Her son, Silas Mokeo was shot in the leg. Mrs. Nona Padengka and Mrs. Neti Toea both received serious bullet wounds in their arms. In all eight residents were wounded by gunshots: Lemu Tagandi (66), Nona Padengka (32), Salmon Toboe (35), Mayonge Katuta (75), Padea Paleba (67), Neti Toea (49), Uce Doda (21), Silas Makeo (26), and Lemu Tagandi (66).

36. Tuesday, August 6, 2002, The Village of Malitu attacked
    
    In the attack nine men with automatic rifles fired shots and threw Molotov cocktails into houses in Malitu, Poso Pesisir sub-district. Twenty-one homes were destroyed, the GKST church was damaged and 500 people fled, but there were no casualties. Several days later some 200 villagers are still hiding in the jungle.

37. Thursday, August 8, 2002, Mayoa, near Pandajaya - Italian Tourist murdered by Jihad Terrorists
    
    Mr. Lorenzo Taddei (34), an Italian tourist was shot and killed by jihad terrorists while on his honeymoon. The tragic slaying occurred in the village of Mayoa, 50 km south of Tentena, in the District of Poso, Central Sulawesi.
    
    The Batu Tumongga Bus traveling from Toraja to Tentena was attacked by jihad terrorists. Five passengers were shot. Mr. Taddei was slain and four others were wounded. Information came through a brief communication by Satellite telephone to the location. The Italian Embassy confirmed the slaying and that Mr. Taddei's wife, Patricia Limossy (35) was in quite an emotional state and is accompanying his body to Tentena. The other four injured people were local or Torajan passengers, Heronimus Banculu shot in the left thigh; Timotius Kemba (52), shot in the right arm; Albert Montong (45), wounded on the left side of his head; and Karangan (21) shot in the right thigh.

38. Thursday, August 8, 2002, Bombs and shots fired in Ranononcu, Poso
    
    Earlier in the day in the village of Ranononcu, bombs exploded and shots were fired as the jihad warriors from Poso attempted to secure a pathway across the major communication bridge from the suburb of Kayamanya, the headquarters of the Laskar Jihad in the city of Poso, 56 km north of Tentena.

39. Thursday, August 8, 2002, Poso - Planned attacks on Tentena
    
    Military intelligence has indicated increased jihad activity and plans to attack Tentena exist. As a result, additional troops from have been ordered into the area to prevent these terrorists from attacking and destroying any more communities. The troops include 350 soldiers from the 131 Santiago unit based in Manado, North Sulawesi.

40. Friday, August 9, 2002, Christian homes destroyed in Malei & Tongko
    
    All the Christian homes in Malei and Tongko were destroyed by the Laskar Jihad. No injuries were reported, as there was no Christians present in the villages when the attacks took place. They had already evacuated due to persistent threats.

41. Saturday, August 10, 2002, Watuawu, Two soldiers disappear - a mystery!
    
    Last night there were rumors that two soldiers had disappeared from Watuawu, a village on the Poso river located 10 km from Poso in the direction of Tentena. According to information still being investigated, the two soldiers were visiting their girlfriends in the village but did not return to their posts. During the afternoon an increased number of soldiers were seen seeking information about the two missing men, but they had failed to find them. According to information being passed around in the Muslim community, there is an accusation that the two members of the military have been kidnapped and slain by the Christians. The Christians have strongly denied the rumors and on the other hand have questioned whether this is a provocation by the Jihad to draw on the support of the military to attack the Christians or at least not defend them.

42. Saturday, August 10, 2002. Provocative statement by the Military Commander Wirabuana Maj. Gen. Amirul Isnaini causes shock waves to resound in the community. Increases lack of faith in the genuineness and neutrality of the military
    
    The Jakarta Post, Saturday (10/8) quoted the former head of the Special Military Forces who is now the Commander of Wirabuana in Makassar, South Sulawesi, saying that there are about 50 foreigners who live in Poso using tourist visas and they are there with 'reasons that are unclear'. This statement is very provocative and is used by the jihad to justify their presence in Poso, for the sake of the defence of the Poso Muslims. Where are the 50 foreigners? We need to know, as they are invisible to everyone in Tentena! Such statements are a violation of the Malino Accord and increase the risk of violent attacks.

43. Sunday, August 11, 2002,> Sepe attacked when military secretly withdrawn
    
    The shootings that destroyed the midnight calm in the village of Sepe began a new chapter of terror. At the same time the military stationed there were secretly withdrawn and silently disappeared from the village. Seeing the disappearance of the military, some of the local population were overcome with despair and panicked. With sporadic shooting taking place all night long, the locals were haunted by the terror of the previous Saturday night and Sunday morning when the village of Matako was attacked and burned down by the Jihad. This fear caused the women and children to flee to Kawua, Silanca and Tentena. Sepe is 20 km to the east of Poso and was the last village to be attacked on December 2, 2001, before more troops were brought in to stop the Jihad attacks. Six Christians were killed. Five of the dead were identified in the press as Y. Ombitaka (60), Eipius Montorutu (24), Ndolu Sulelino (31), Sena Kangea (32), and Efrata Lagani (35).

44. Sunday, August 11, 2002, Escalation of terrorism spreading.
    
    Apart from the terror that is taking place in Sepe, there is also an escalation of terror in parts of the Poso Coastal District, especially in the villages of Pantangolemba, Tangkura, Patiwunga and Betalemba, the villages that were burned to the ground by the Jihad last November. The level of terror has caused some of the residents to flee and on the main road to Tangkura barricades have been erected in anticipation of an imminent attack. It is strange there are no military now guarding these villages.

45. Sunday, August 11, 2002, Tentena, Visit of 2 Cabinet Ministers and National Police Chief seen as provocative and therefore a violation of the Malino Accord.
    
    During a meeting with the Minister of Religion, Minister of Social Welfare, Mr Jusuf Kalla, National Police Chief, Mr. Da'i Baktiar, with Tentena residents and refugees, reports came to hand that it was not true that two policeman had disappeared from Watuawu. It was just a false rumour in the psychological warfare being mounted by the laskar jihad.
    
    However, further news from the Laskar Jihad arrived after that report was proved false that in another village, Sepe, a member of the Police Mobile Brigade has disappeared. It is again claimed that the Christians killed him. This too is denied. The Christians have no reason to attack the very people who are supposed to be defending them. The report is still being investigated. The burnt body of police officer, Andi Amir, missing since August 10 was found later.

46. Sunday, August 11, 2002, Ranononcu, Poso. Within hours of a meeting between Cabinet Ministers and Christian leaders in Tentena, serious escalation of attacks by Laskar Jihad take place.
    
    Laskar Jihad attacks the village of Ranononcu just 3 km from the heart of Poso. 17 homes are burned down.

47. 47. Sunday, August 11, 2002, Malei, Christians attacked.
    
    A group of Muslims attacked Christians in the village of Malei where all Christian homes had been destroyed two days earlier. The clash happened while Christians tried to salvage any remains from their homes. One person was killed.

48. Sunday, August 11, 2002, Christians dragged from vehicles and slain.
    
    As a bus went through Poso, five Christians, passengers on the bus from Makassar (South Sulawesi) going to Gorontalo (North Sulawesi) was stopped and hijacked by the Laskar Jihad. Four bodies thrown from it as it passed through Kayamanya in Poso, but by the time authorities arrived, the bodies had disappeared.
    
    During the day several other vehicles were stopped and another nine Christians disappeared and their bodies have also not been recovered. One vehicle, which had five of the missing Christians, was found burned out in a ditch.

49. Monday, August 12, 2002, the villages of Sepe, Silanca, and Bategencu in Lage County were again attacked by terrorists.
    
    Sepe was attacked by a large group of men dressed in black and firing automatic weapons. Some of the villagers tried to ward off the attack using machetes, sickles and sharpened bamboo, but they soon saw their defence was futile against automatic weapons. As they fled they saw their houses being plundered and burned to the ground. This was the second time that their village had been razed by militants, having been attacked by the Laskar Jihad last December.
    
    After burning Sepe to the ground, the attackers continued on to Silanca and Bategencu and continued looting and burning until that whole village also was destroyed. Five loud bomb blasts were heard in Silanca, and more blasts came from Sepe. Repeated gunshot could be heard 'all over the place'. Eyewitness reports state that four trucks carrying a small army unit drove to Silanca, Sepe and Bategencu once the attacks were over and the attackers had gone.
    
    At least five persons were killed in the attacks. Among the injured, two Mr. D Tangkunan and Mr. Samson Tange, are in a critical condition. According to the government, 3,500 people were displaced from Sepe, Silanca, Bategencu and surrounding areas, apparently to Tentena. In Sepe the Pentecostal Church and the Ekklesia Presbyterian Church were burned down. All houses were burned. In Silanca 90 percent of the homes were burned down.

50. Monday, August 12, 2002, Christian facilities in Kasintuwu and Gebang Rejo attacked again. Christians in Kawua respond burning down a mosque.
    
    A primary school Kasintuwu and a church in Gebang Rejo were burned down. Angry Christians responded and burned down a mosque in Kawua.

51. Monday, August 12, 2002, Christian burn bus in Tentena.
    
    In Tentena, at the news that Christians were slain on a Muslim owned bus, Alugoro, another Alugoro bus was stopped in Tentena. All passengers were asked to get off the bus and escorted to the police station while the bus was burned by an angry mob.

52. Monday, August 12, 2002, Christians in Mayumba and Peleru attacked.
    
    The Laskar Jihad attacked the villages of Mayumba and Peleru village in the District of Morawali (Neighbouring District to the District of Poso). Three people were killed. One baby was strangled to death. 43 houses were burned down.

53. Monday, August 12, 2002, Christian facilities in Kasintuwu and Gebang Rejo attacked again. Christians in Kawua respond burning down a mosque.
    
    

54. Tuesday, August 13, 2002, Poso a Sea of Fire: Indonesian military incapable of quenching the flames. Provocative Jihad Circular
    
    After a week of terror at the hands of the Laskar Jihad, the Christians are bathing in a sea of fire. This is bringing to pass the prophetic announcement pre-recorded message broadcast on Radio SPMM Ambon on July 5, 2002 and distributed by email print-out from the Laskar Jihad Information site in mid July 2002. The Supreme Commander of the Laskar Jihad Ustadz Ja'far Umar Thalib, using the same language used in his radio address in Ambon on May 1, 2002 called on the Muslim community to go to war against the Christian community:

    'Prepare the bombs which we have. Prepare the ammunition, which we are ready to vomit forth from the barrels of the weapons we possess. And we swear by Allah! By Allah! By Allah! Until Tentena and surroundings become a sea of fire.'

    The vision is clear and their commitment to bring it to pass is unquestioned. They are willing, and often eager, to die for their faith because of what they have been promised by their faith. This is a clear violation of the Malino Accords, which the Government promised to uphold and prosecute all violators. This is not happening and the Government is guilty of violating the Accords, which it brokered itself.

55. Tuesday, August 13, 2002, Poso tense as six killed in Christian village
    
    Tensions engulfed the violence-torn town of Poso in Central Sulawesi on Tuesday after at least six people were killed and hundreds of houses and two churches set ablaze in fresh attacks on three Christian villages, just hours after a second round of peace talks ended. It clearly proves that the two-day meeting of Muslim and Christian delegates, which ended on Monday to seek peace in Poso, was eminently ineffective to quell the violence.
    
    The road to long-lasting peace there appears to have gotten longer as armed assailants, believed to being carrying automatic guns, roam the area with impunity, and security authorities claim to know nothing of their identity or whereabouts. Following the latest violence, many shops there closed and local government officials chose to stay at home. Hundreds of heavily armed police and troops were deployed to the three attacked villages of Sepe, Silanca and Bategencu in Lage subdistrict after reports of the attacks. The villages, also home to some 1,000 refugees from other areas in Poso, are located around 12 kilometres east of the town.
    
    Five of those killed were identified as Y. Ombitaka, 60, Eipius Montorutu, 24, Ndolu Sulelino, 31, Sena Kangea, 32 and Efrata Lagani, 35. Gunshot wounds killed all. At least two other persons were seriously wounded in the incidents. Another person, named as Cikia from Malei village also in Lage, was found dead with gunshot wounds on Tuesday and another man, Dolelia from the same village, was declared missing and was feared dead.
    
    Local church officials and security officers said the attackers were an armed group of unidentified people, who stormed Sepe, Silanca and Bategencu early on Tuesday. Noldy Tacoh, a secretary with the Crisis Center belonging to the Central Sulawesi church, however, blamed the attack on police Mobile Brigade troops and said two churches were also burned in Silanca. He said a group of 17 Brimob personnel were responsible for the attack on Bategencu. The police stormed the village through the neighbouring village of Toyado to seek their fellow Brimob member, Pvt. Andi Amir, who was reportedly abducted by local residents, Noldy added.
    
    Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Zainal Abidin Ishak, who visited Poso, denied that his personnel were involved in the attack. Yet, he confirmed a number of Brimob members went through Toyado to search for Amir, who had not been seen since Sunday. Apparently, they were unable to locate the missing private. Adj. Sr. Comr. Agus Sugianto, spokesman for the provincial police, said gunmen attacked Bategencu after local villagers rejected a deployment of security forces there. Meanwhile, CNN reported on Tuesday that an Indonesian intelligence source had confirmed the presence of an al-Qaeda-linked training camp in Sulawesi.

56. Thursday, August 15, 2002, more attacks against Christians in Morowali
    
    Further attacks against Mayumba and Peleru with the villages of Taliwan and Tomata being besieged. Four people were killed.
    
    As the jihad were preparing for an attack against Tentena, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale triggered a volcanic eruption of Mt. Ketupat. Previously everyone thought that Mt. Ketupat was merely a hill! As a result of the earthquake that was felt throughout the area:

    • Poso was shaken and people ran for their lives in the town of Poso market place
    • The Muslim village of Malei suffered severe damage with houses destroyed and four people died. Malei is a Muslim village used as a strong Laskar Jihad base located between the Christian villages of Matako and Sepe, which were both looted and razed to the ground by terrorists in the past week.

57. Saturday, August 17, 2002, Evacuations of Christians from Peleru and Mayumba.
    
    Evacuations continued in the villages of Peleru and Mayumba when Rev. Damanik and his team were stopped by a police officer. An officer from the Regional Police of Central Sulawesi searched their car after Rev. Damanik and his team was asked to move 50 meters away from the car. The search was then carried out with no witnesses present. Rev. Damanik did not observe the search since he and his team were 50 meters away from the car. An Indonesian Armed Force Infantry Battalion 711 arrived and had an argument with the police accusing them of ignoring the fact that the terrorists who had burned the village down were still there and armed and the police were doing nothing about it. The military then took Rev. Damanik under their protection and escorted him and the refugees from Peleru away from the area. The police made no attempts to arrest those neither burning and looting the villages nor shooting at the Christians yet tried to arrest a Christian pastor trying to evacuate the Christians being shot at.

58. Saturday, August 17, 2002, Earthquake stops Jihad attack on Tentena!
    
    An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale caused severe damage in nine Muslim villages creating increased fear and hatred towards the Christians. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and a number of mosques collapsed. The earthquake occurred early in the morning of August 17 in the County of Tojo. The affected villages were those who had been attacking and destroying Christian villages in the previous days. These villages are now without homes because they were attacked by an EARTHQUAKE! The affected villages were: Tojo, Taiyawa, Lemoro, Uekuli, Uedele, Tatari, Sandada, Betawua, and Podi. Muslims were overheard to say, 'We must stop the Christians, so that they don't pray. This is a result of their prayers!'
    
    On August 15-16 there had been a number of tremors felt all the way through to Tentena, but Tentena and other Christian areas did not feel the quake on the 17th. Of the nine affected villages, five were totally devastated. These five were the major villages with jihad bases leading the attacks against the Christians: Tojo, Sandada, Uekele, Betawua and Podi. As a result of the earthquake there was a mudslide from Mt. Katopasa, which swept away the mosque and an Islamic school in the village of Podi. Much of the village was also destroyed by the mudslide. The planned attack on Tentena did not proceed, as the villages destroyed in 'an act of God' had to be attended to.

59. Sunday, August 18, 2002, Bombs explode in Poso
    
    Several bomb explosions in Poso city occurred at 5 locations, but no casualties were reported. Three bombs were located in the villages of Gebangrejo and Kayamanya. The police confiscated several weapons from Muslims.

60. Tuesday, August 20, 2002, Bunta Toini attacked
    
    Bunta Toini village (Poso Pesisir County) was attacked and one house was set on fire.

61. Monday, August 26, 2002, Damanik issue statement
    
    Statement issued by Rev. Rinaldy Damanik regarding his impending arrest on charges of having weapons while evacuating Christians from villages being attacked by the Laskar Jihad.
    
    

    CLARIFICATION OF ACCUSATIONS RE CONTRAVENING
    CHAPTER 1 EMERGENCY LAWS NO. 12/1951

    To the Honorable,
    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    INDONESIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
    In Jakarta
    
    Greetings.
    
    By the help of Almighty God, permit me:
    
    Name: Rev. Rinaldy Damanik. M. Si.
    
    Occupation: General Secretary of the Synod of the Christian Church of Central Sulawesi and Coordinator of the Crisis Center of the Christian Church of Central Sulawesi
    
    Address: Jl. Setia Budi No. 93 Tentena - Poso - Central Sulawesi
    
    Phone: 0458.21285 - 21141 Fax: 0458.21318 - 21070
    
    To convey the following:

    1. Some of the electronic and printed media have reported that the State Police of Central Sulawesi stated that I contravened Emergency Law No. 12/1951 which has a penalty of 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty being the death sentence (among other media, in Suara Pembaruan 21-08-2002).

    2. On 26 August 2002, I received Warrant 1 from the Provincial Director of the Indonesian Police Force for Central Sulawesi by means of a Letter of Request No. Pol.: S.Pgl/326/VIII/2002 Dit Serse, dated 22 August 2002 with the stated purpose: to hear an explanation as a Suspect in the Criminal Offence of holding, possessing, controlling and owning supplies of military weapons and ammunition, as described in chapter 1 UU Drt. No.12 in the year of 1951.

    3. In connection with points 1 and 2 above, I declare:

       1. It is not true that I committed the Criminal Act of holding, possessing, controlling and owning supplies of military weapons and ammunition, as described in chapter 1 UU Drt. No. 12 in the year of 1951.

       
       
       

       2. Briefly the incident that really happened is as follows: After 3 (three) residents of the Village of Peleru, District of Mori Atas, were killed when the Village of Mayumba, District of Mori Atas, Morowali Regency, was attacked (15 August 2002), I, as Coordinator of the Crisis Center GKST, on 16 August 2002, early in the morning, received news of a request from the people of Mayumba and Peleru to be evacuated from their villages. On 16 August 2002 the process of evacuation took place smoothly. The evacuation was continued on 17 August 2002. When we arrived in the village of Peleru (not Mayumba), I and some volunteers and the residents of Peleru who had come to pick up their relatives, were held up by the Military of the State Police of Central Sulawesi with the excuse that we were coming to make an attack. At the time I could see the Muslim mob from the village of Peleru. They were shouting: kill, slay, cut them up and such like. Meanwhile some of this mob was aiming sharp weapons and guns toward us (it was unclear whether these were home made weapons or automatic). We were asked by the military of the Central Sulawesi Police to get out of our vehicle and stand clear of it (about 50 meters away). At that moment the military of the Central Sulawesi Police searched the vehicle, without us being able to see what they were doing, without witnesses, without writing down any names, and I do not know for certain what was taken from the vehicle by the military forces.
          
          At the same time military from TNI 711 came down from the village of Peleru and immediately protected us. One member of the TNI 711 shouted to the Central Sulawesi Police Advance Unit while pointing in the direction of the Muslim mobs: 'Confiscate their weapons. If they oppose you, shoot them in the legs'. But theses policemen took no notice of his call. The situation grew tenser, especially because the road out of Peleru was blockaded by the Muslim mobs. Then, the military TNI 711 made the decision to rescue us by immediately taking us and guarding us, together with the refugees, out of the village of Peleru.

    4. BASED ON THE ABOVE FACTS, I EMPHASIZE THAT: I DID NOT CARRY OUT THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF KEEPING, POSSESSING, CONTROLLING AND OWNING SUPPLIES OF MILITARY WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, AS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 1 UU DRI. NO 12 TAHUN 1951. THE MISSION TO PELERU AND MAYUMBA WERE HUMANITARIAN ACTS UNDERTAKEN TO EVACUATE THE RESIDENTS/CHURCH MEMBERS. WE HAVE CARRIED OUT SIMILAR MISSIONS IN VARIOUS PLACES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFLICT IN POSO, BOTH EVACUATIONS OF REFUGEES, AND EVACUATION OF VICTIMS OF MURDER, BOMBINGS, SHOOTINGS, TORTURES, ETC.

    
    
    I convey this in order to establish justice and truth in the endeavor to create peace and security in the area of Kabupaten Poso, Kabupaten Morowali and thereabouts. I express my sincere thanks for the readiness of the MPU PGI to spread this information. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.
    
    Tentena, 26 August 2002.
    Regards,
    Rev Rinaldy Damanik. M. Sci.
    

62. Tuesday, August 27, 2002, more bombs in Poso
    
    Two bombs exploded at different locations in Morotai Street, Gebang Rejo. One police officer seriously injured and one other person killed.

63. Thursday, August 29, 2002, Poso claimed by the Laskar Jihad
    
    The lead letter on the Laskar Jihad Website: www.laskarjihad.or.id

    Poso Is Still Owned By Us
    29 August 2002

    Abdullah, Poso
    Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
    
    Thank you for accepting my letter. I express my thanks for the fighting that you have been doing for us. And most importantly is how we think about the future of the land of Poso. Insya Allah, Poso will remain our possession. And I am willing to give whatever data is needed to help for this struggle.
    
    Wasalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

64. Monday, September 9, 2002, Damanik under arrest
    
    Rev. Damanik handed himself into Police Headquarters in Jakarta after being summoned as a suspect for possessing firearms. The Chief of the Public Relation of Police of the Republic of Indonesia, General Inspector of Police Saleh Saaf, stated that Damanik was summoned as a suspect and not just as a witness. The Chief of Central Police of Republic Indonesia, General Da'i Bachtiar also confirmed that Damanik was summoned as a suspect of the case. The interrogation of Damanik began at 9.30 am. At 2.00 pm, the Chief of the Regional Police of Central Sulawesi visited the interrogation room. A few hours later he reappeared at 5.45 pm with 10 guns with 100 rounds of ammunition was brought into the interrogation room. Later in the evening Brigadier General Police Aryanto Sutadi as the Director of General Criminal, Investigation Corps of Police of Republic of Indonesia stated that Damanik was officially detained as a suspect in violation to Chapter 1 Law of Emergency No. 12/1951 verse (1), junto Chapter 55 and 56 Book of Constitution of Criminal Law.

65. Thursday, September 19, 2002, Palu AOG Bible School Bombed
    
    At 8.30 pm during Night Bible School classes at the AOG Bible School in Tanjung Manimbaya Street, South Palu, a low-explosive device detonated. Two students, Arman (24) and Tadius (25), and a Palu police officer, Briptu Retmono, who had been called to investigate a suspicious package, were seriously injured.

66. Friday, September 20, 2002, Christians terrorized with more bombs in Palu
    
    Four bombs in five hours terrorized the Christian community in Palu. As usual no one has been arrested, as has been the case after the bombing of the Maranatha Bible School (AOG) in Tanjung Manimbaya Street, South Palu the night before. Three of the five homemade bombs discovered were still active. The police detonated the fourth bomb. The first bomb was found by an electricity pole in the parking lot of the Salvation Army Hospital in Woodward Street, East Palu. The bomb, found at 6.30 am by Alfred Selsius of the hospital cleaning service, was still active. The other bombs were located at the Pentecostal Church (GPdI Ekklesia), in a child's plastic lunch-box at the entrance of the business CV Wulantika. Another was found in Tanjung Harapan Street. It was in a small red and blue bag and hung up in a roadside noodle kiosk owned by Thalib Tawang.

67. Thursday, October 3, 2002, Police seize weapons on the way to Poso
    
    The police arrested two men code-named FAH and SIS caught smuggling thousands of rounds of ammunition to Poso in another incident clearly indicating that the Islamic community were continuing to engage in terror, continuing to arm themselves in total disregard and contravention of the Malino Accord. They were arrested while unloading crates of ammunition from the ship owned by PT Pelni called KM Nggapulu on which they had traveled. The Central Sulawesi Police Chief, Brig.Gen. Pol. Drs Zainal Abidin Ishak announced that the accused were transporting ammunition made by the official government supplier PT Pindad. The confiscated haul consisted of:

    1. 2228 - 5,56 caliber bullets
    2. 448 -9 caliber bullets
    3. 99 - 4.5 caliber bullets
    4. 47 - 86 caliber bullets
    5. 34 SS1 bullets.
    6. 3 M-16's
    7. Cameras, telescopes, dozens of homemade guns and thousands of firecrackers of various sizes.

    Police stated that the arrested men confessed that the weapons were heading to Mapane, Poso and were bought at the Glodok Market in Jakarta and were going to be handed over to a friend there named TAR. Does this indicate that there is another major attack in the wind?

68. Saturday, October 12, 2002, Bali Bombing and affect on Poso.
    
    The Bali bombing is creating a wave of national (Islamic) shame. On Sunday 13th the Laskar Jihad officially announced they had disbanded and were pulling out of Ambon. By Friday the 18th many of them began arriving by ship in Surabaya. They refused to meet the press, covered their faces and cowered like people in shame. It would seem that Psalm 83 is an accurate depiction of what they are experiencing. On October 15 I returned from North Maluku where there are small intimidatory bombings everyday. On the way back to our base, the road goes past the Philippine Consulate that was also bombed last Saturday as well. In Manado in the last couple of months there have been 14 bomb threats and 5 this last week - every day events here!! Although the Laskar Jihad appear to have ceased public operations in Poso and Ambon and have been called back to Java to meet personally with Ja'far Umar Thalib and be reassigned. Does this mean that they will move into the political realm, or is there some other sinister plan? Have they really finished or is it a tactical redeployment in the face of the national shame arising out of the Bali bombing? How long will it take before we know?

69. Sunday, October 20, 2002, Laskar Jihad leaving Poso, arrive in Palu
    
    Several hundred Laskar Jihad have left Poso and have now moved to the Provincial Capital of Palu where they have linked up with another 200 who were stationed there. Since there arrival, Palu has been experiencing a series of low-explosive bombings, most of which seem to be designed to create fear rather that kill.

70. Friday, October 25, 2002 - Palu under night curfew
    
    Since the arrival of even more jihad troops in Palu from Poso the situation has deteriorated and more bombings and terror have been taking place. It seems the jihad are being recalled in dribs and drabs, and perhaps as a result of prayer around the world their finances have dried up. Many of their leaders have now been branded international terrorists. Some may be lashing out, a final fling. The situation could become dangerous. We will just have to keep a prayerful guard on the situation.
    
    Sadly though, there are many jihad warriors left behind in both Poso and Maluku. Many have now married into the area. Many thousands have been trained in their philosophy. Will they continue on with the fight? What about those that return to Java? These are now war veterans. Will they be satisfied to go home unpaid? Will they become like the war veterans of Zimbabwe or are they just moving into another stage of their agenda? Are they going underground to fight for the future through the elections here in 2004?

71. Tuesday, December 24, 2002. Police find 250 kilograms of raw explosives in Palu
    
    Police found a stash of 250 kilograms of ammonium nitrate in Palu. The chemical material is the same fertilizer used to make the explosives used in the Oct. 12 Bali bombings, which claimed at least 202 lives. Police found the chemical, which was packaged in 10 sacks, in a car they had been following since Tuesday night in Palu, said police Col. Tatang Somantri. The driver of the car was arrested, he said, adding officers were still searching for the owner of the chemicals. 'If this was used to make a bomb, it would be much larger than the one in Bali,' Tatang said. Several bombs have exploded over the last year in Palu, around 1,500 kilometers northeast of Jakarta. This is just another indication that these jihad terrorists are still planning further attacks against the Christian community in the Poso region.

72. Thursday, December 26, 2002. Attempted assassination of Rev. Damanik.
    
    On Sunday December 22, 2002, at approximately 4:00 a.m., without any prior notice to either Rev. Damanik or his solicitors, the Palu Police transported Rev. Damanik from a prison in Jakarta to a prison in Palu, the provincial capital of Central Sulawesi. Four days later, on Thursday December 26, 2002, an attempt was made on Rev. Damanik's life by way of poisoning his prison food. When Rev. Damanik finished his meal, he began experiencing severe and painful cramping and was immediately hospitalised. His stomach had to be pumped of its contents and eventually his condition was stabilized.