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| Web designer jailed over Bali bombings |
| 2006-09-05 |
| An Indonesian who set up a militant Web site on behalf of the alleged mastermind of last year's deadly bombings in Bali was jailed for eight years on Tuesday. The sentence is the first linked to the Oct 1, 2005 bombings, in which three suicide bombers blew themselves up killing 20 people at three restaurants on the resort island's beaches of Jimbaran and Kuta. Judges from the Denpasar district court found Abdul Aziz broke anti-terrorism laws by setting up a now shutdown militant Web site, www.anshar.net, which contained diagrams of several locations and explained why they would be ideal for attacking people and how to escape after the attacks. Aziz was also guilty of helping Southeast Asia's most wanted terror fugitive, Noordin Top, disseminate through the Internet a fiery speech calling on Muslims to wage war against the United States and its allies. "The panel of judges believe the defendant knew of the involvement (of Top) in the incidents at Jimbaran and Kuta and he had received the special task of making a site that publicized the actions and claims of the October 1 Bali bombings," said Edy Siregar, a member of three-judge panel. The judges said the sentence reflected mitigating factors after Aziz expressed regret for his actions. The maximum punishment for terrorism crimes is death. |
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