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State Dept. Names SE Asia Group Terrorists The State Department has declared Jemaah Islamiyah a terrorist organization and wants the United Nations to adopt the same designation for the group. The group seeks to form an Islamic state encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern Philippines. It is suspected in the deadly blast in Bali on October 12, and is run by a man named Hambali, who appears to be to Southeast Asia what Osama bin Laden is to the rest of the world. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

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The State Department has declared Jemaah Islamiyah a terrorist organization and wants the United Nations to adopt the same designation for the group. The group seeks to form an Islamic state encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern Philippines. It is suspected in the deadly blast in Bali on October 12, and is run by a man named Hambali, who appears to be to Southeast Asia what Osama bin Laden is to the rest of the world. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.