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| Southeast Asia |
| Bashir boyz wanted to bump off some priests... |
| 2002-12-20 |
| Two confessed organizers of an Oct. 12 terrorist bombing in Bali targeted Christian priests for assassination last year in a plan directed by alleged Jemaah Islamiah leader Abu Bakar Bashir, according to a statement by a captured operative. The two admitted Bali bombers, who use the names Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, also participated with Bashir in efforts to establish a six-nation terror network extending from Indonesia to Myanmar, according to a confidential Nov. 1 document summarizing the confession of Faiz bin Abu Bakar Bafana. Bafana also alleged that Bashir has been associated for years with the two bombers and discussed specific plans for violence that involved them. A Malaysian leader of Jemaah Islamiah, Bafana was arrested in Singapore last year after authorities uncovered the group's alleged plan to attack the U.S. Embassy and six other targets there with suicide truck bombers. Earlier, Bafana helped organize bombings in Manila, officials say. Singapore authorities have declined to reveal all the targets of the planned attack there, but another confidential document reviewed by The Times says the group's hit list included the U.S. naval shipyard, the Bank of America headquarters and the American Club, a popular hangout for expatriate Americans in the center of Singapore. Basically, anything that looks vaguely American... It's amazing, the way all these guys stick to each other, even though their apologists say it's all coincidence... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |