Umar Patek was arrested March 29, 2011, in Abottabad, Pakistan. The Indonesian militant is accused of playing a key role in the 2002 Bali bombings and was long seen as a crucial link between Al Qaeda and its Southeast Asian affiliates such as Jemaah Islamiyah.
Pakistani authorities arrested Mr. Patek based on a tip-off from the CIA, according to . Indonesian authorities welcomed the news, the Monitor reported at the time of his arrest. The member of Jemaah Islamiyah was being working undercover in the city鈥檚 main post office, a 鈥渟ignal that Al Qaeda may have had other operations in the area,鈥� The New York Times reported. Indeed, it would be just a month before Osama bin Laden was killed in the same city.
It is unknown where Patek is now being detained.
