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| Southeast Asia |
| "We bombed Bali" |
| 2002-12-12 |
| A little known Islamic militant group has claimed responsibility for the Bali blasts and is threatening new attacks against Westerners, according to a website mentioned by the main suspect in the bombings. "We are responsible for the incident in . . . Kuta, Bali," a message on the site yesterday from a group calling itself al-Katibul Maut al-Alamiya, or the International Death Brigade claimed. Nice catchy name, you do market research on that? Authorities have said that another group, Jemaah Islamiah which has links to al Qaeda, was behind the Bali blasts that killed nearly 200 people, mostly foreign tourists. Last week, the Indonesian newspaper Kompas said Imam Samudra, one of the alleged masterminds behind the Bali bombings, told one of its reporters about the website. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to have a website these days. And bombs. The web message threatens further attacks against Western targets in revenge for the persecution of Muslims in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Bosnia. Bosnia? |
| Posted by:Steve |