Posted on 10/23/2006 7:52:02 AM PDT by dead
In a decision likely to anger Australia and other countries that lost citizens in the 2002 Bali bombings, two of the Islamic militants jailed for the attack will be freed tomorrow to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month.
Ten other militants jailed for the bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, will have their sentences reduced, officials said.
Indonesia traditionally marks national holidays by cutting prison terms for inmates who exhibit good behaviour - usually by several months.
But the decision is likely to anger countries that lost citizens in the 2002 attacks on two crowded nightclubs.
Sirojul Munir, sentenced to five years for hiding one of the masterminds of the suicide bombings, will leave the jail in East Kalimantan's capital of Balikpapan tomorrow, said Edi, a prison official who uses a single name.
The other militant, whose identity was not released, will be released from the main prison on Bali island, said Anak Agung Mayun Mataram, the justice ministry's head of Bali's prison division.
2002 Bali survivor Peter Hughes, 46, said the news would come as a slap in the face for the families of some victims.
"For me it's probably not going to affect me that much, it probably more so effects the people that lost people," Hughes said.
"I think they are the ones that bear the brunt of it all, which is pretty sad.
"I think the thing is the Indonesian government, by doing this, they don't understand that it becomes a slap in the face for us and it's actually a reward for their (terrorists') cause, which is pathetic.
"You can't reward terrorists and that's what they are doing."
Hughes said he'd been able to move on since the blasts, and did not think the planned execution of three of the bombers would bring him any further sense of closure.
"I think enough people have died out of Bali," he said.
"I think these guys just need to be put in a hole somewhere and not be heard of again, that would be the best way of handling it.
"I think killing them is not going to make any difference to me, it might bring a little bit of closure for some people and a reward for killing their sons or daughters.
"But I think most of us ... (would just prefer) not to hear about them anymore, just put them in a hole somewhere and let them suffer a bit."
A total of 33 people were jailed over the 2002 Bali blasts, the most deadly in a string of attacks in Indonesia blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiah.
Three - Amrozi, Ali Gufron and Imam Samudra - are scheduled to be executed and three others are serving life sentences.
Under Indonesian law, they are not eligible for prison sentence reductions.
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Wow, so nice of them to give us all a present for Ramadamadingdong.
It would be nice to have some snipers welcome them back to the world.
Too bad Bali has Muslims. It would be a nice place if it didn't. Everywhere would be nicer without Muslims though.
[It is this kind of crap that makes westerners feel that it is the ENTIRE Muslim community that is at war with the West.]
"Feel"? There's no "feel" about it. The ENTIRE rag community is at war with the western world. It's their religious duty, according to their pedophile prophet. See "dar el harb".
As a buddy explained to me on another forum: If you and I were walking down the street and we saw a bunch of skinheads beating up a rag, we'd try and stop the violence, right? If two "moderate"*** ragheads saw a bunch of other rags beating up an Israeli, they wouldn't lift one finger to help.
***Please note that I use the term "moderate" when describing rags as a relative term. A true "moderate" raghead is one who's run out of bullets.
Duh, I forgot to add: Westerners should ban Bali, the way Americans banned Aruba after the Natalie Holloway case. Believe me, when a country relies so heavily on tourism dollars and then they're yanked away, that country /will/ evaluate itself and make the necessary changes.
"Too bad Bali has Muslims. "
Too bad Indo has Muslims, it's a beautiful country.
They should go back to Javanese spirit worship.... and Suharto.
This is precisely why ALL followers of Islam must be vetted... and vetted thoroughly.
You don't think they will be followed? See who they meet with?
You don't think they will be followed? See who they meet with?
I expressed no opinion on that either way, but since you asked – the Balinese government that is releasing them has neither the resources nor the desire to track their movements.
I would hope and expect US and British intelligence services to keep them within sight.
the Balinese government that is releasing them has neither the resources nor the desire to track their movements.
You may be correct (I have no knowledge of what resources they have or don't have) but I'd bet the Indonesian national government does.
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