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Southeast Asia
Key terror charges dropped in Abu Bakar Bashir trial
2011-05-09
Indonesian prosecutors dropped the most serious terror charges against Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for lack of evidence on Monday, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of the death penalty.
Whoooa! Bet you never saw that coming!
Prosecutors at his trial said the charge of providing firearms and explosives for terrorist acts, for which he could have faced the death penalty, "could not be proven convincingly".

A charge of inciting acts of terrorism was also dropped, leaving only a charge of providing funding to a terrorist group, for which the prosecutors seek a maximum life sentence.
That charge will be dropped later this week. Bashir's gonna walk...
Hundreds of Bashir's followers chanted their support for him, while some 2,500 heavily armed police were on hand to prevent violence.

Bashir is now accused only of providing funds to the Al-Qaeda in Aceh group that was planning Mumbai-style attacks in Indonesia.

See also:
Indonesian firebrand praises bin Laden
Posted by:ryuge

#1  ahhh yes, the bucktooth b*trd Abu Bakar Bashir

die you a*s clown!
Posted by: anon1   2011-05-09 07:10  

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