PHONETICS LIL-lee
KEY ALIAS(ES) Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep (true name), Bashir Bin Lep
AFFILIATION Jemaah Islamiya and al-Qa'ida
NATIONALITY Malaysian
Malaysian-born Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep (a.k.a. Bashir Bin Lep) -- better known as Lillie -- was one of Hambali's key lieutenants and had considerable operational experience. Lillie facilitated the transfer of al Qa'ida funds used for the Jakarta Marriott Hotel bombing in 2003 and knew of the Jemaah Islamiya's (JI) targets and plans to launch attacks elsewhere in Southeast Asia. He was involved in 2002 in the JI plot against the British High Commission in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in mid-2002 cased targets in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand. at Hambali's direction. Lillie was particularly interested in the ideas of martyrdom and was slated to be a suicide operative for an al-Qa'ida "second wave" attack targeting Los Angeles. Lillie also had links to now-deceased JI bombmaker Dr. Azahari bin Husin and in 2002 received bombmaking tutorials from Azahari. Lillie spent time in Kandahar, Afghanistan. in 2000, where he trained at al-Qa'ida's al-Faruq camp in weaponry and explosives. Lillie attended Polytechnic University Malaysia in the mid-1990s, where he earned a degree in architecture. (Source)