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| Bali bombing another family affair... |
| 2002-11-08 |
| All five of Mr Amrozi's brothers taught, or worshipped, at the Al Islam school in Tenggulun, 70km west of Surabaya. According to the village chief, Maskun, all five men fled 10 days ago. Hmmm... Certainly a coincidence, isn't it? One brother, Gufron, was a close friend of Mr Bashir, Mr Maskun said, and had lived with him in Malaysia on and off for 11 years until 1998. "They only came back here full time after Suharto left," he said. Mr Amrozi and his brothers were the only local people to work or attend the school, Mr Maskun said, where military training for young boys in gun handling and hand-to-hand combat was allegedly carried out. Suggesting that the locals aren't nut cases. But wait! It gets better... All five are being hunted by police, as is one of Mr Amrozi's three wives, whom General Pastika revealed came from the same Indonesian village as Fathur Roman Al-Ghozi. Personally, I'm not a big believer in coincidences. They might want to have a look at the friends and acquaintances of the Little Woman, too... Police believe the fugitive terrorist leader Hambali, also known as Riduan Isamuddin and linked to JI, recruited Mr Al-Ghozi to carry out a planned bombing campaign in Singapore last Christmas. Mr Al-Ghozi was sentenced to 17 years in prison in Manila earlier this year for possession of illegal explosives. The Indons just hated that. They said he was framed... National police chief Da'i Bachtiar said Mr Amrozi, who was walked through the bomb scene in Kuta yesterday, had admitted knowing Hambali and to dealing with a Malaysian-based associate of Hambali, Imam Samudra. Mr Amrozi has also provided the names of his co-conspirators, and police are hunting them throughout east Java. It'll be interesting to learn a little about Imam Samudra, too. It'll be interesting to hear the tales the Islamists' apologists come up with... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |