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Former Osama bin Laden courier goes on trial

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A Singaporean who was a courier for Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks went on trial in Indonesia on Tuesday with nine other suspected Islamic militants.

The case highlights the lingering threat in Indonesia, home of the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks that thrust the world’s most populous Muslim nation onto the front lines in the war on terror.

The indictment said the men are believed to belong to the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah, formerly funded by al-Qaida, which is accused of five suicide bombings against Western targets in Indonesia since 2002 that killed more than 240 people, including the Bali attacks......

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_islamic_militants;_ylt=AuqmIc8GdxrGcHL94T6FKi5vaA8F


312 posted on 01/13/2009 8:03:33 PM PST by Velveeta
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Obama: Close Gitmo on Day One
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/13/ED5U159B83.DTL

Dozens of Gitmo Parolees Returned to Terrorism
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pentagon_guantanamo/2009/01/13/170887.html


313 posted on 01/13/2009 8:08:30 PM PST by Velveeta
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