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Bashir says CIA was behind Bali Bombings
2006-08-30
FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer has rejected fresh claims about the Bali bombings by firebrand Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir as "preposterous". Mr Downer also said he was happy with the way Indonesia was monitoring the movements of Bashir, despite the cleric suggesting he faced no travel restrictions. Bashir, convicted of having prior knowledge of the 2002 attacks which killed 202 people including 88 Australians, now claims US ' top spy agency was involved in the attacks.

“Bashir claimed the device that killed most people in the attack was a CIA “micro-nuclear” bomb...”
The cleric, who is the alleged spiritual leader of terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah, was released from prison in June after serving nearly two years. In an interview with ABC TV's Foreign Correspondent, Bashir claimed the device that killed most people in the attack was a CIA “micro-nuclear” bomb. In the ABC interview, Bashir also attacked the Australian Government, saying it wrongly continued to hound him and treat him as an enemy.

Mr Downer said the cleric's comments should not be believed. “It's a free country and he can say what he likes, and of course some of the comments that he made yesterday were fairly preposterous. I don't think anyone would much believe anything he was saying,” Mr Downer said on ABC radio.

Mr Downer said he would be “very surprised” if Indonesian authorities had not restricted Bashir's travel. “We're happy with the way the Indonesian Government is approaching that issue,” he said. “The proof of this is that Abu Bakar Bashir hasn't left Indonesia at all.”

While Indonesia did not comment publicly on the way it was handling Bashir, Mr Downer said he thought Jakarta had done “a good job”.

Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd called on the Government to ensure Bashir was not able to travel to Australia. ``When it comes to (Bashir's) future freedom of operation, the opposition has already said on many occasions that the Indonesian Government should be asked to put the tightest possible restrictions on him within Indonesia and withdraw his passport,'' Mr Rudd said in Sydney. Asked if the federal government should refuse Bashir entry to Australia, he replied: ``Absolutely''.
Posted by:Oztralian

#15   I think this guy might be a nut.

Might?

All the same, it's hard single this clown out when the same and worse is spewed in our own newspapers and universities, sometimes at American taxpayer expense.

For Bashir, I'm willing to make an exception. This scumbag is waaaaaay overdue for an acute case of swift onset lead poisoning.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-30 18:37  

#14  LOL
Posted by: lotp   2006-08-30 14:15  

#13  And don't we all understand that anyone who thinks the CIA can do anything is a tad bit short of a full deck?
Posted by: Bobby   2006-08-30 14:12  

#12  Ya know, about 20 years ago, we were gonna simulate a nuclear explosion with an ammonium-nitrate/fuel oil explosive (ANFO), the same as used in Oklahoma City.

Ya get enough of that stuff, it's close enough to simulate a direct hit on a missile silo. It's all about energy released within a certain time-frame.
Posted by: Bobby   2006-08-30 14:11  

#11  All the same, it's hard single this clown out when the same and worse is spewed in our own newspapers and universities, sometimes at American taxpayer expense.
Posted by: Snomp Elmurong3334   2006-08-30 09:07  

#10  Yes, they're a tad paranoid, I'd venture. I've never read Cooper, his writing is at the heart of the illuminated NWO; my reading on the subject have been more mundane, Epiphanius and Jacques Bordiot, and I'm planning to (finally) read Sutton. IMHO, the NWO is balloney, and this theory itself is a memetic war(Tm) tool, but the globalists are quite real, if only in their tranzi guise.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-08-30 07:34  

#9  Sorry, that was from the micro-nuke link posted by anonymous5089
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-08-30 06:48  

#8   Notice that Cooper places a number of elements within the context of the appearance of "the Messiah" [Antichrist]:

* Los Angeles is hit with a 9.0 quake [which we know our scientists can create]

* New York City is destroyed by a terrorist-planted atomic bomb [but, the later study, above, says a total destruction is not necessary]

* World War III breaks out in the Middle East -- Attack on Iraq is apparently the beginning

* Bank and Stock Markets collapse

* Extra-terrestrials land on the White House lawn; we have long said that UFO's and Aliens are part of the plan to produce Antichrist

* Famine

* Rapture of the Church -- "some people disappear"

Uh, yeah. I think this guy might be a nut.

Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-08-30 06:47  

#7  Funny how this utter scumbag steals from the anti-nwo/antiglobo/PCT crowd...
I like conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but I'm perfectly aware it is most often (almost always) a smokescreen and a vehicle for an antiwestern, anticapitalist agenda, be it progressive or reactionary... the "micro-nuke" is a classic, I refer you to this article by an anti-illuminist/anti-NWO chrisitan conspiracy website I get a newsletter from :
WAS A MICRO-NUKE WARHEAD USED IN BALI BLAST

Oh, and yes, the december 2004 tsunami was of course caused by the Evil US Hegemon, with a thermonuke on a geologicla faultline, I've seen it in a french conspiracy site right after that, so it must be true...
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-08-30 06:00  

#6  Downer, who has otherwise seemed to be in possession of his faculties, must be the one on Kool Aid to suggest that Indonesia has done anything right regards this murdering scumbag. That he still breathes suffices to prove the point. Grab a clue, Downer - your statements here are total shit.
Posted by: Floting Sloluting6223   2006-08-30 02:37  

#5  what about Santa Claus? Or, maybe the Easter Bunny? Kool-aid anyone?
Posted by: anymouse   2006-08-30 01:44  

#4  Nerts. Everyone knows it was a Mossad job, and besides, Bashir likes working for the CIA. He especially enjoys playing the back nine at Langley when they let him drive the cart. He told me so himself.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-08-30 00:40  

#3  Bashir's followers will believe anything he tells them to.
Posted by: Crish Hupock6932   2006-08-30 00:37  

#2  Bwhahaha these people are delusional, a micro-nuke bwhahahaha
Posted by: djohn66   2006-08-30 00:29  

#1  Â“Bashir claimed the device that killed most people in the attack was a CIA “micro-nuclear” bomb...”

So would be the cause of the '04 Boxing day tsunami an US nuke on the sea bed as well, no doubt!
Posted by: Duh!   2006-08-30 00:23  

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