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Saudi man to stand trial in Indonesia for financing suicide kabooms
[Straits Times] A SAUDI man will stand trial in Indonesia on Wednesday accused of financing twin suicide bombings on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year that killed seven people. Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah, 'provided assistance and facilities to the terrorists by way of giving or lending money, things, or other wealth', according to a copy of the indictment obtained by AFP. Prosecutor Totok Bambang is expected to argue that the defendant, who was arrested shortly after the July 17 attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, provided the funding that pushed the plot into an operational phase. Attack ringleader Noordin Mohammed Top, who was killed by police in September, told one of the suicide bombers to prepare for death after the money arrived from the Middle East, the indictment says. Police have said they are investigating whether the money came from Al-Qaeda, which has allegedly funded previous attacks linked to Noordin and regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI). Prosecutors said Ali Abdullah worked with Noordin accomplices Syaifudin Zuhri, who was killed by police in October, and the alleged driver, Amir Abdillah, to channel funds to the plotters. Abdillah is standing trial in separate proceedings for his alleged role in the attacks. Another suspect, prominent Islamist blogger Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, went on trial on Tuesday charged with concealing information about a terrorist act and falsifying a passport which he used to enter Saudi Arabia in September, 2008. Posted by: Fred 2010-02-24 |
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