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| Condemned Bali bomber says al-Qaida to avenge death |
| 2008-06-20 |
| (Xinhuanet) -- One of three Islamic militants up for execution in Indonesia for the 2002 Bali bombings said in an interview that al-Qaida would be 'very likely' to carry out revenge attacks if authorities kill him, a magazine reported. Imam Samudra and two other Indonesian militants were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the suicide attacks that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, at two nightclubs on the resort island of Bali. The three — who have admitted to planning and taking part in the strikes — are awaiting a final legal appeal to their sentences. Samudra was interviewed in prison by a local hard-line Islamist magazine, Jihadmagz. Asked whether al-Qaida would send operatives to Indonesia to launch attacks if he were executed, he said, 'That is very likely. God willing, hopefully that will happen. Everyone knows that the armies of Allah are (everywhere).' The magazine, which has a circulation of 10,000, hit newsstands in Indonesia last week. The Bali attacks were carried out by members and associates of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group whose leaders came under the influence of al-Qaida in the late 1990s when they trained and fought in Afghanistan. Since then, militants have launched three more attacks on Western targets in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. The latest attack, against restaurants in Bali in 2005, killed 12. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 hmmmmm - I thought you welcomed death, you lying coward. Why would it need be avenged? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-06-20 20:22 |