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| Southeast Asia |
| Batam church bombing `linked to Bali' |
| 2002-11-28 |
| Accompanied by lawyers for the first time, the suspected principal planner of the Bali bomb blasts, Imam Samudra, told the police on Wednesday he was responsible for a church bombing in Batam, Riau, that was liked to the Bali attack. Emerging from National Police Headquarters on Wednesday evening, Samudra's lawyers Achmad Hamidhan and Adnan said their client had been asked 21 questions by police interrogators. Samudra, who appeared pale during the session, admitted he was involved in the Batam church bombing, said Hamidhan without going into what role Samudra played in the attack. According to Hamidhan, Samudra also told investigators the Batam bombing was linked to the Bali bombing. However, Hamidhan did not go into detail. Infidels are infidels — doesn't matter whether they're Indons or Aussies or Merkins... "During questioning the police also showed him some photographs of people, and Samudra admitted that he knew some of them," said Hamidhan as quoted by Antara news agency. I'd imagine that he knew quite a few of them. I don't think the Jemaah is quite as widespread as it seemed a couple months ago... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |