Posted on 10/04/2005 7:44:11 PM PDT by blam
Bali bombings were Allah's warning, says jailed terror leader
By Sebastien Berger in Denpasar
(Filed: 05/10/2005)
The spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah, the terror group blamed for the weekend's suicide bombings in Bali, condemned the attacks yesterday from his prison cell.
A multi-faith blessing is held near one of the bomb sites
But Abu Bakar Bashir, who is serving a 30-month sentence for conspiracy linked to the 2002 Bali bombs, also said victims of Saturday's outrage should "accept this fate from Allah".
Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda network, seeks to establish a caliphate across south-east Asia.
"I really disapprove of bombings in non-conflict areas for whatever reason, including in Bali, because it can be almost certain that innocent and unknowing victims would fall," Bashir said in a statement released by his lawyer.
He added that he was particularly saddened if the victims included "people whose religion is Islam".
"I suggest the government bring themselves closer to Allah by implementing His rules and laws because these happenings are warnings from Allah for all of us," he added.
A total of 19 people were killed in co-ordinated suicide bombings of three restaurants on the tourist island of Bali at the weekend, along with the three bombers.
Bashir, who could have been sentenced to death had he been convicted on all the charges he faced at trial, has condemned other attacks blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah since he was arrested.
But another of the men convicted of the 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 people, said the latest bombings were similar.
"Who else if not the group of Dr Azahari?" said Ali Imron, referring to Azahari Husin, one of Indonesia's two most wanted men and Jemaah Islamiyah's top bomb-maker - whose doctorate comes from Reading University.
"It is said that there was a nine-volt battery found on the sites. If this is true then my estimate is not wrong. The use of nine-volt batteries is a trademark of Azahari," added Imron, who is serving a life sentence for assembling one of the 2002 devices and driving an explosives-packed van to the attack site.
"So far, Azahari has never stopped recruiting new people for his bombings," he said. "The three men killed could be his men."
Police said yesterday that nine-volt batteries and detonators had been found at all three bomb sites.
No one has been arrested yet, said Soenarko Artanto, Indonesia's deputy national police spokesman, but 39 witnesses had been interviewed.
Given that the majority of terrorism not directed at Israel now happens in Muslim countries you would think at some point Muslims would stand up and "no more." But it doesn't seem to be happening.
Allah, Blahla. I'm sick of these people.
Since there is no allah, I don't put much stock in its followers.
If the bombings were Allah's words, then Allah comes straight from the pit of hell.
the murder promoting mouthpieces need to be eliminated
I loved that 'glassification' post a while back. "We'll have to glassify Mecca and Medina." Glassification is a great foreign policy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam
No word yet on what Allah was saying to Bam, Iran in 2003 when 25,000+ perished.
The "Allah" of Islam is Satan.
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