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| Indonesian terrorists vow to attack Australian & U.S interests |
| 2006-06-27 |
| A TERRORIST testifying at a trial over last year's triple suicide bombings in Bali said today militants would keep on attacking Australian and US targets to avenge injustices against Muslims. Subur Sugiarto - alias Abu Mujahid, alias Abu Isa, 33 - said Australia was on Islam's list of enemies because it had "helped the US in the invasion to Iraq and Afghanistan". Subur has denied Indonesian police claims that he had been an aide to Noordin Top, the fugitive leader of Jemaah Islamiah. He has also accused police of torturing him after his arrest last year. He wore a white Islamic skull-cap, black knee-length tunic and black pants today when he stepped down from a police armoured car to appear as a witness at Denpasar District Court. During his testimony, Subur shouted "Allahu Akbar" with his fist in the air. Four Australians and 17 other people were killed when the bombs carried by three suicide bombers ripped through three restaurants at Bali's Kuta and Jimbaran districts. Some family members of the bombs' victims flew from Australia to be at today's hearing of the trial of Anif Solchanudin, 24, one of several men arrested and charged after the triple atrocity. During today's proceedings prosecutors showed the court an assembled bomb they claimed belonged to Top and Azahari Husin, who was killed in a police raid in Java last year. A Koran-reciting teacher, Subur defended the use of suicide bombers to wage jihad. He said Prophet Mohammed had promised that "if someone died as a martyr, then the first drop of his blood will wipe out his sins, a crown will be put on him, with a diamond worth more than the world and everything inside it, and that it would salvage the souls of 70 family members". It is alleged that this belief enticed Anif to offer himself as a potential suicide bomber and to help in last year's bombings. Subur said he also knew militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, and that he had attended a preaching session when Bashir visited his hometown of Semarang, Central Java. Bashir was released two weeks ago after being imprisoned for more than two years. His release caused concerns in Australia and it was raised by Prime Minister John Howard when he met Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the resort island of Batam yesterday. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #5 The MSM still says the Chicoms-Commies are still supporting the Indo terror orgs, besides others region(s)-wide, ergo only the Indos will be blamed iff the Aussies ever undergo any US-style 9-11(s). |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-27 23:06 |
| #4 Look on the bright side: Now it will be easier to reach out and touch this guy. |
| Posted by: grb 2006-06-27 12:42 |
| #3 Lead in should read "Indo Terrs RENIEW vow to attack...AZ and U.S. Interests. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-27 09:18 |
| #2 I believe the operative phrase for these types is "drive them into the Java Sea". |
| Posted by: ed 2006-06-27 09:02 |
| #1 "if someone died as a martyr, then the first drop of his blood will wipe out his sins, a crown will be put on him, with a diamond worth more than the world and everything inside it, and that it would salvage the souls of 70 family members". What? No raisins to boink? Crown too heavy to boink anything? A $100 zirconium should reflect the value of this cultist's world (and everything in it). Nice to see the virgins get some time off being raped, at least by this guy. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-06-27 08:58 |