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| Indonesian intel chief sez he hopes Bashir will start working with authorities |
| 2006-06-13 |
| Indonesia's spy chief said he hoped Abu Bakar Baashir will cooperate with terrorism investigators when he is released from prison on Wednesday, as hundreds of his supportersprepared to give the aging cleric a hero's welcome. Baashir is alleged to be a key leader in the al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah. There are concerns his release may energize the region's small, radical fringe. The stick-thin 68-year-old cleric will walk from Jakarta's Cipinang prison Wednesday after serving 26 months for giving his blessing to the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists. Baashir, who has always maintained his innocence, plans to return to the Islamic boarding school he founded, and which was attended by many convicted terrorists, and retake his position at the head of his legal hardline Islamic organization. Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency chief Syamsir Siregar said the organization, the Council of Mujahidin for Islamic Law Enforcement, was used by Jemaah Islamiyah-linked militants as a "place for their struggle." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 Indonesian intel chief sez he hopes Bashir will start working with authorities Guess what, you stupid sh!ts? HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. How do you think Noordin Top consistently eludes encircling police forces? Corrupt f&cks. Kill Bashir, now! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-13 21:52 |
| #1 "So, y'know, we don't haveta stuff him in a 55 gallon drum and drop him in the Marianas Trench." |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-06-13 14:21 |