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Bali bomber warns of terror doom for Australia
News.com ^ | December 17, 2007 | Cindy Wockner and Michelle Cazzulino

Posted on 12/16/2007 1:27:18 PM PST by Son of Dis

IN a visit sure to anger the families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been allowed to see the three death-row bombers in jail to offer them guidance.

Himself convicted then acquitted of his role in the murderous nightclub attacks which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, Bashir told the terrorists that they must be patient and not weak, and that they were mujahidin (holy warriors).

Also alleged to have been the spiritual leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, questions are being asked why authorities allowed the 69-year-old to visit his one-time protege at Nusakambangan, an island prison complex off the southern coast of Java.

Bashir was among a group of Islamic preachers, family members and lawyers who visited the so-called smiling assassin Amrozi, his older brother Mukhlas and Imam Samudra on Saturday.

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1 posted on 12/16/2007 1:27:19 PM PST by Son of Dis
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To: Son of Dis

Oh, no, the Terror Doom.


2 posted on 12/16/2007 1:28:52 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: Son of Dis

why doesn’t someone put these idiots in their place?


3 posted on 12/16/2007 2:04:47 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (chaos is an illusion.)
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To: Son of Dis

I suspect that the Austrailians are going to be VERY sorry that they banned guns


4 posted on 12/16/2007 2:40:20 PM PST by clamper1797 (Fred Thompson - Duncan Hunter for POTUS and Vice Potus in either order)
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To: Son of Dis

So much for the appeasement strategy of the new socialist regime in Aussieland...


5 posted on 12/17/2007 1:48:02 PM PST by vox_freedom
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