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Bashir addressed JI recruits in Mindanao
Alleged South-East Asian militant chief Abu Bakar Bashir gave a speech to recruits at a southern Philippines terrorist-training camp where Muslim militants learned bombmaking skills, a radical told an Indonesian court. Prosecutors have submitted an indictment alleging that Bashir incited militants to attack Western targets in a speech to recruits at a camp in the Philippines in 2000. He denies visiting the Philippines that year.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't me."
But prosecution witness Yudi Lukito, an Islamic militant serving a prison term for illegal weapons possession, told the court he had seen a white-robed Bashir at the camp in 2000. "I saw him directly for about five to 10 minutes," Lukito said during Bashir's continuing trial in Jakarta. "He told us that as a Muslim we are brothers and that we have to help Muslims brothers everywhere." Lukito said he learned weapon-handling and bomb-making skills at the camp. Prosecutors did not ask whether Bashir had urged those present to bomb Western targets. Earlier this week, three witnesses - also Islamic militants serving jail time - failed to directly implicate Bashir in any crimes. Authorities are expected to present much of the same evidence at this trial, but they say their case has been strengthened by new witnesses and documents seized during a crackdown on militants.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-12-02
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=50227