Maria Ressa (29. august 2002). «The quest for SE Asia's Islamic 'super' state». CNN. Besøkt 30. mars 2008. «The main financier of the operation is alleged to have been Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali, and now purported to be al Qaeda's main operative in Southeast Asia.»
«'We will fight until we run out of blood'». The Age. Melbourne. 15. oktober 2002. Besøkt 30. mars 2008. «In Malaysia, Bashir began to surround himself with a hard-core of militants. One of these was Hambali, alias Riduan Isamuddin, a 37-year-old Indonesian who fought against the Soviets. Today, he is described by Western sources as the chief operations officer of JI, and is reputedly the mastermind of al Qaeda cells in this part of the world.»
