Elite Indonesian counterterrorist unit Special Detachment 88 arrested Abdullah Sunata on June 23 on a bus in a village in Boyolali district in Central Java. In another raid in neighboring Klaten district, Sogir and Agus Mahmudi were arrested while Juli Hartono (aka Yuli Sartono) was killed. The raids clearly represent a coordinated operation in a region known to harbor militants. The Sunata arrest, which went peacefully, in particular should provide a wealth of intelligence that will help the government continue its aggressive anti-militant campaign. The raid in Klaten district targeted a house owned by a relative of the suspects. Reports indicate that nine shots were fired and one policeman was wounded, indicating the militants fought back. The suspects were armed with a pistol and an improvised explosive device inside a backpack. All of the suspects have been linked to Noordin Mohammad Top, former leader of Tanzim Qaedat Al-Jihad, who was killed Sept. 17, 2009, the most important event in the country's most recent counterterrorist campaign. Sunata is suspected of being involved in a terrorist training camp in Aceh which was broken up by Special Detachment 88 in February. Al Qaeda in Aceh was responsibile for the camp, which was made up of many former Jemaah Islamiyah and Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad members. While STRATFOR originally suspected that the series of arrests in February and March were linked to threats to the Strait of Malacca, more recently, Indonesian officials have said the Aceh group was plotting to assassinate Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to carry out Mumbai-style commando raids against important buildings and even to target U.S. President Barack Obama on a planned visit. The wave of arrests and killings began before the July 2009 Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotel bombings. Since then, Detachment 88 has enjoyed notable intelligence successes, both in technical information collected in the raids (such as computer and cell phone data) as well as human intelligence gleaned from interrogating captured suspects. Detachment 88 has been criticized for its overwhelming use of force against militants (including human rights violations and killing those whose live capture would likely have resulted in enhanced intelligence), but as seen by the shooting in this latest operation, they have also faced well-armed targets. Sunata was isolated on a bus where he would likely have minimal resources to defend himself, making a live capture more likely. His capture, along with that of two of the other three suspects, should provide additional intelligence for forthcoming operations. Sunata was previously imprisoned for his involvement in the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and released in April 2009 — only to rise to the top of the most-wanted list, a list from which numerous names have been scratched out after the suspects' death or capture. After Top, more than 60 other militants have been captured or killed, seriously damaging Jemaah Islamiyah's splinter groups. The remaining groups have yet to find an effective leader after the death of Top. Today's raids should further improve Jakarta's efforts to prevent jihadists in Indonesia from regaining their equilibrium and undertaking offensive operations.