T

he death of two suspected terrorists allegedly behind the bombing of two hotels in Jakarta in July must be taken as a success but terrorism experts have noted that there could be a possible threat from another network that might have been developed by Malaysian terror master Noordin M Top in Indonesia.

"The police have so far only been able to reveal terror networks behind the July 17 hotel attacks that come from groups in Banten, Cilacap and Temanggung," intelligence observer Dinno Cressbon told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

"There are other networks that have been established by Noordin during his nine-year stay in Indonesia."

Dinno suspected that with the death of the main figures in Noordin's group, other networks that had probably spread throughout the country might consolidate and then make a move.

"Unfortunately, the police killed most of the main figures and that has a downside, because the police cannot get statements from them about the existence of other groups or their future plans," he said.

The police had killed two brothers suspected to be linked to Noordin on Friday. The two slain brothers are believed to be Syaifudin Zuhri bin Jaelani Irsyad and Muhammad Syahrir.

They were both hunted down after the police found them to be linked to the July 17 bombings of the JW Marriot and Ritz-Carlton luxurious hotels in Jakarta, in which nine people were killed and more than 50 injured.

Syaifudin is believed to have recruited the two suicide bombers who attacked the two hotels - Dani Dwi Permana and Nana Ichwan Maulana - while Syahrir was identified as one of Noordin's trusted aides.

Noordin, along with Bagus "Urwah" Budi Pranoto, Susilo alias Adit and Aryo "Aji" Sudarso, were killed during a shoot-out in Surakarta, Central Java in September.

"I'm afraid the death of these figures will make other members of the network unite and plan another attack," Dinno said.

"It is most likely that other groups which were sleeping all this time will turn into active groups after a series of *police* killings of the organization's leaders."

Asked whether the group would plan a new strategy for their attack, Dinno said they were more likely to copy the existing terror methods of their predecessors.

Similarly, a defense observer from University of Indonesia, Bantarto Bandoro, said the government should not feel too satisfied with the death of these terrorists.

"I believe Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) has more networks left. Therefore, the government must track them down to their roots," he said.

He added the death of the terrorist leaders would not be a problem for an organization as big as JI, "as there will be new figures to become leaders".