Indonesia: Graft thwarts effort to "win over" jihadists

Here’s another fine kettle of fish. Trying to buy off Islamic radicals is like trying to bail out a sinking ship with a Dixie cup. This is a case of the corrupt leading the corrupt.
FROM JIHADWATCH.ORG:
Indonesia: Graft thwarts effort to "win over" jihadists
"Graft thwarts effort to win over jihadists," by Mark Forbes for the Sydney Morning Herald:
Official efforts to seduce jailed Indonesian terrorists with money and privileges are being undermined by corruption and rival efforts from new Islamic gangs.
In this battle for hearts and minds, controversial "deradicalisation" tactics behind prison walls - including senior police inviting Bali bombers to parties - have succeeded in winning over 22 convicted terrorists, according to an International Crisis Group study.
Valuable intelligence has been gathered but the study, based on intensive interviews with prisoners and officials, also exposes the program's lack of co-ordination and shambolic, corrupt prison administrations.
Jemaah Islamiah prisoners have formed their own gangs inside several prisons, successfully recruiting inmates and even guards to their radical ideology, the study found. Prisoners have published hardline texts and held study groups and meetings via the internet and mobile phones.
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