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| My sons were right to kill, says bombers' mum |
| 2008-10-31 |
| THE mother of two of the Bali bombers on death row says her sons were right to "kill infidels", as they prepare to face firing squads over the attacks which killed 202 people. Seventy-year-old Tariem spoke today in her house in the village of Tenggulun, East Java, after working all day in her fields and visiting the mosque. "I don't cry. I leave it all to God," she said as convicted terrorists Amrozi and Mukhlas, two of her 13 children, waited for the firing squad in a prison on the other side of Java. "I feel that killing infidels isn't a mistake because they don't pray," she said as she sat on the stone floor of the family home surrounded by Amrozi's children and wife. "My sons are right. I wake up at 2.00am every morning to pray for their safety." The old woman coughed and asked for medicine as she spoke, and appeared confused about her sons' fate, asking: "Will my sons be executed?" None of the bombers' relatives here expressed regret for the carnage unleashed on October 12, 2002. More than 160 foreign holidaymakers including 88 Australians were killed in the blasts, one of the worst terror atrocities in the name of Islam since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Another son, Ali Imron, is serving a life sentence for his role in the plot. "As prayer leaders my sons would lead prayers at the mosque but they don't do that anymore. I miss that," Tariem said. "I want my sons to be safe and for them not to be executed." Authorities have said Amrozi, 47, Mukhlas, 48, and Bali ringleader Imam Samudra, 38, will be executed by firing squad any time from midnight today to mid-November. The family should be notified three days in advance. Younger brother Ali Fauzi, 38, said the family had made no plans for funerals and had not been informed about the executions, adding he was sure Amrozi and Mukhlas were on the "right path" in their final days. "I met both of them last month and they told me, 'don't be sad'. They always look so happy and I'm sure they're fighting on the right path," he said. Looking relaxed and beaming broadly like his older brother Amrozi, known as the "smiling assassin" for the grin he sported throughout his trial, Fauzi said the family had nothing to be ashamed about. "Do we feel embarrassed or ashamed of what they have done? No, we feel proud because in this world full of lies and accusations there are still people who are ready to fight against that," he said. "If they're executed we'll bring them back home and conduct prayers. Then we'll bury them at a site which we can't tell you about. "We don't want any autopsy because although the soul is no longer there, the body can still feel pain." Neighbours in the village expressed little sympathy for Amrozi and Mukhlas. "They should be executed because all of us should be peaceful toward one another," said Sulastri, a neighbour. Village chief Djarum said losing any of his neighbours was like losing one of his own family, but he did not support the bombings. "I'm sad but I'm not proud of what they did because Islam is a peaceful religion," he said. Shop-owner Mahfud Hasan said he had known Amrozi since they were children. "I didn't believe it until I saw him confess on TV and I was so shocked," he said. Students at the Islamic school where Fauzi teaches Koranic studies said they were banned from reading newspapers or watching television. But they were hungry for news. "I feel sad that they're being executed because they're Muslims like me, so I sympathise with them," said 20-year-old student Mohammad. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 A-5089, It's not just the wrenching video of 9-11 suppressed by the MSM. The MSM is in possession of heartbreaking audio of telephone calls made from the Towers and from Flight 93 to loved ones. The MSM won't allow us to see and hear what happened that day. The MSM wants us to forget. |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-10-31 15:35 |
| #4 "I feel that killing infidels isn't a mistake because they don't pray," Anybody here remembers those horrible pics (that were conveniently dumped into the memory hole by the msm just like the WTC jumpers) of those bodies piled up in the flaming rubbles of the club, naked by the explosions, and charred by the heat? This just proves once again that we don't belong all to the same humanity, and that there definitively are "US" and "THEM". |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-31 14:22 |
| #3 The west should revisit the concept of blood feuds. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-31 14:01 |
| #2 They should offer to send her sons body parts to her, preserved in pork fat. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-31 14:00 |
| #1 Give em a nice big kiss for me, mom. Right before they light em up. Matter of fact, why don't you stand right next to them? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-31 13:47 |