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Abu Bakar Bashir charged with plotting terrorism
[Straits Times] PROSECUTORS have formally charged Indonesia's best-known radical holy man with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death. Abu Bakar Bashir,... Leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council and proprietor of the al-Mukmin madrassah in Ngruki. The spriritual head of Jemaah Islamiya, which he denies exists. Bashir was jugged and then released in the wake of the 2002 Bali bombings, which he blamed on a conspiracy among the U.S., Israel, and Australia ... the 72-year-old spiritual head of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network, also was charged with helping fund a new terror cell in Aceh province and mobilising foot soldiers. Prosecutors presented the indictment Wednesday to the South Jakarta District Court. They said 138 witnesses will testify at the trial, which is expected to begin next week. Militants linked to Jemaah Islamiyah have carried out a series of attacks in Indonesia that have killed more than 260 people in less than a decade. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-03 |
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