AMROZI, the Bali bomber now on death row, believes "Australia will get hit" by a terrorist attack, possibly in the lead-up to the next Federal Election. More than 18 months after the Sari Club and Paddy’s bar were ripped apart, the man known as the smiling assassin remains defiant, pledging to continue the fight against "Jews and Americans" until his dying day. In an interview in jail, Amrozi, his brother Mukhlas and co-conspirator Imam Samudra, said the murders in Bali were revenge for "America’s crusade" against Muslims. Asked if he had a message for the Australian Government, Samudra said: "There are a billion Imam Samudras around the world, even inside Australia . . . ready to attack and kill John Howard, Bush, Colin Powell . . . Tony Blair." And he declared he was delighted with the results of the bombings he organised.
Sporting his infamous grin, Amrozi said he would be "disappointed" if not executed.
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The trio said while the Bali bombings were not specifically aimed at Australia, the country should expect a direct attack if it continued its alliance with the US. The men are held in Kerobokan prison, a short drive from the site of the 2002 blasts. Amrozi sang a song outlining his views, an act for which he has become renowned. In a nursery rhyme voice, he sang, "Jews and Americans, I will fight with all my might; Australia, my enemy till the end of time; my time is ending soon; I will be wounded and my eyes will close", in reference to his looming execution by firing squad. |