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| Cleared bomber laughs at fate | |
| 2004-08-24 | |
| SELF-CONFESSED Bali bomber Idris burst into laughter in the minutes after he was cleared of a central role in the blasts that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Unpunished because of a U-turn in Indonesian law, Idris was the last of the captured core Bali bombers to be tried. Three of his co-conspirators - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra - were last year sentenced to death for their roles in the Bali bombings, and two to life in prison. Led away to the holding cell at the back of South Jakarta district court, Idris, alias Jhoni Hendrawan, first looked horrified and then laughed as journalists pelted him with questions about the 10-year prison sentence he had just been given for his complicity in the bomb attack on Jakarta's Marriott hotel last August, which killed 12. "If we do anything, there's a risk," he said, from behind the bars of the holding cell. "This is the risk." Idris attended nearly every major planning meeting leading up to the Bali bombing, helped purchase the van that was later packed with explosives, taught one of the suicide bombers to drive it, and personally detonated the smallest of the three Bali bombs outside the US consulate. Reading the short verdict, chief judge Asnahwati outlined the first charge, concerning Idris's role in transporting explosives for the Marriott blast. However, she explained that the second charge, concerning the Bali bombings, had been put to one side.
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| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 How about an new Islamic TV show. Running Turban. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-24 9:51:26 PM |
| #4 Drug the guy, implant a locating device on his person that can't be found by touch, then let him go in a remote location, but not before launching an armed Predator or two to cover the area. He'll be toast in short order. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-24 9:34:52 PM |
| #3 Now see, this is why the Ozzies have an SAS. The verdict ain't in just yet. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-08-24 9:30:49 PM |
#2 Legal observers believe the 10-year sentence could be the judges’ way of compensating for the Bali bombings acquittal.Noooooooo! Stop it already. Substitute a U.S. Judge and verdict and see how it sounds. That's not what is going on here. He had a minor role, he gets minor time -- people still died no matter how minor his role. NOW, REGARDING BALI. No matter how the MSM spins this tale, no matter how alarming they make these developments seem, THE STORY ISN'T OVER AND THE RI GOVERNMENT ISN'T PLAYING FAVORITES WITH an ISLAMOFASCIST. Despite the alarming title, this story (Bali bomb verdicts start to unravel) is quite a bit more balanced and includes the following: However, an expert on Indonesian law said Australians need not be overly worried that the perpetrators of the Bali attacks would walk free. "People shouldn't be afraid of it. There are plenty of other grounds on which the Indonesians can get these people," said Tim Lindsey, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne Asian Law Centre.And the RI Government starts fresh so that it can TRY HIM FAIR, HANG (or shoot) HIM FAIR.Murder, arson and illegally transporting explosives were more conventional charges they could face which would also carry hefty sentences.The principle of double jeopardy - not trying someone for the same crime twice - would not apply if the Bali bombers' appeals were accepted, as the verdicts would not be reversed but quashed, Dr Lindsey said. "That means they never existed." |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-08-24 8:23:04 PM |
| #1 put a $100,000 contract on his life while he's in prison, see how much he smiles then |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-24 8:08:45 PM |