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2004-08-24 Southeast Asia

10 years jail for Jakarta Marriott bomber

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Posted by tipper 2004-08-24 5:10:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nice to know the value Indonesia has established for the lives of it's citizens: 10 months each.

Posted by ed 2004-08-24 7:36:22 AM|| 2004-08-24 7:36:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Think that's cheap? The Lockerbie bomber was given 36.5 days per victim by the High Court in Glasgow. After 27 years (which was backdated to the day he was first taken into custody) he can apply for parole.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-08-24 7:51:54 AM|| 2004-08-24 7:51:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 UNREAL.
And our citizens get beheaded in Muslim countries for doing absolutely nothing!

Posted by GreatestJeneration 2004-08-24 8:08:12 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-08-24 8:08:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Well mostly it's for not being muslim.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-24 8:12:35 AM|| 2004-08-24 8:12:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sock Puppet, you are so right again!

Posted by GreatestJeneration 2004-08-24 8:20:32 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-08-24 8:20:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Motessadeq got less than 2 days per victim for complicity in the 9/11 attacks, before a German court threw out the conviction.

Posted by Sharon in NYC 2004-08-24 9:16:44 AM|| 2004-08-24 9:16:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The hypocrisy woven into this case is simply phenomenal. Muslim lawyers refused to defend Idris because, unlike Bali, his attack killed mostly Muslims.

The Marriott bombing sparked outrage in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, because 11 of the 12 victims were Indonesian, many poorly paid hotel workers and taxi drivers ... Muslim lawyers who represented the Bali bombers refused to defend the 14 Marriott suspects, including some who later apologized and are cooperating with police.

Despite the lawyers' culturally relative judgement that this was a heinous offense, the sentencing seems to reflect how attacking a perceived bastion of western interests is not of significance and slaughtering innocent Muslims is an acceptable loss in the pursuit of those ends. (Hint: M.A.R.T.Y.R.S.)

Were it not so revolting instead, it would be astonishing to see a court of law shamelessly attempt reconciling this monstrous and gross miscarriage of justice. One can only await what is sure to be extrordinary legal gymnastics as regards the prosecution of Abu Bakar Bashir. This will serve as a bellwhether in gauging Indonesia's ~~potential for regime change~~ commitment to fighting terrorism.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-24 3:37:51 PM|| 2004-08-24 3:37:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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