Bali bomber thanks anti-war protesters

news.com.au ^ | 8/27/03 | Cindy Wockner

[Nexus]

Bali bomber thanks anti-war protesters By Cindy Wockner in Denpasar August 27, 2003

THE man who helped mix the deadly one-tonne Bali nightclub bomb Sawad, alias Sardjiyo, yesterday said he wanted to thank the Australian people who had supported his cause during recent Australian anti-Gulf War protests.

And fellow bomb-mixer Abdul Ghoni urged Australians against forming friendly alliances with America.

The pronouncements of the two Bali bombing suspects came as they and the evidence against them was handed from Bali police to prosecutors.

"I want to thank the Australian people who supported our cause when they demonstrated against the policies of George Bush. Say thank you to all of them," Sawad said.

Ironically, from a terrorist accused not only of the Bali bombing but of church bombings and the bombing of an ambassador's residence in Jakarta, Sawad claimed he had a message of peace for the world.

"For all human beings to stop now in this world, destroy all of the destructive weapons . . . if there were no weapons then peace can be created," he said.

Terrorism, he said, was a reciprocal action.

Terrorist cohort Ghoni had his own warning for Australians: "Be careful about making friends with America because actually America wants to control the world . . . all of us will be colonised so we have to be careful about making friends with the USA . . . if they are shaken continuously, definitely, they will be smashed."

Both men claimed to be unafraid of the death penalty, which they will very likely face, and had no regrets about the 202 innocent lives lost in the October 12 Bali bombings.

They are accused of coming to Bali and helping to mix the chemicals which were turned into the car bomb which exploded outside Kuta's Sari Club.

Sawad claimed to have learned about mixing chemicals in Pakistan.

Prosecutors are yet to decide but it is likely the two men will be charged under Indonesia's anti-terrorism laws.

This means they face the death penalty for their role in making the bomb.

Yesterday's handover, which also included Ghoni's .38 calibre Smith and Wesson revolver and 67 bullets, signals that their trials could start in Bali within six weeks.

Today both men are expected to testify at the trial of Ali Imron, the only repentant bomber among the group.

During yesterday's procedure the two men, handcuffed and dressed in prison clothes, were questioned by prosecutors about their roles in Bali and in other JI bombing campaigns.

Ghoni told prosecutors he had come to Bali to help the bombing.

He said he had received an SMS message telling him to start mixing the chemicals and that he had stayed in Bali mixing the chemicals for three or four days.

Ghoni said during this time he met Mukhlas, the alleged overall controller of the bombings.

He also admitted attending an August meeting in Java, which prosecutors claim was a planning meeting at which roles were assigned to the Bali conspirators.

Ghoni is also accused of transferring the chemicals into the plastic filing cabinets, which were then packed inside the L300 minivan.

Sawad admitted he had mixed the Bali chemicals, saying: "I have mixed chemicals before."

He was coy about who ordered him to mix them, saying "nobody" did. The Daily Telegraph

[Nexus]

Abdul Ghoni says to beware of America. Pic Renee Nowytarger

[sarasota]

A friend of the anti-war demonstrators. They must be proud.

[Nexus]

"I want to thank the Australian people who supported our cause when they demonstrated against the policies of George Bush. Say thank you to all of them," Sawad said.

[Diogenesis]

[firebrand]

Ammunition for signs for counterprotesting the October 25 Love-the-Terrorists rally.

[Gabrielle Reilly]

Awesome! Now I have exactly the quote I have been looking for from the terrorist's.

[randog]

Abdul Ghoni says to beware of America.

That's right--we kill people like him.

[Shermy]

Harrison Ford is game:

Harrison Ford blasts US Iraq policy, "video game" films

1 hour, 14 minutes ago

MADRID (AFP) - At a safe distance from his homeland, veteran Hollywood actor Harrison Ford (news) launched a broadside at US policy on Iraq (news - web sites), his country's gun laws -- and the film industry for producing "video games" for teenagers.

"I'm very disturbed about the direction American foreign policy is going," said Ford, with US post-war casualties having exceeded those during the actual conflict.

"I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East. ...."

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[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Nexus]

Just like Saddomite would like to thank protestors/UN/France/etc for their help, and Bin Laden to Clinton for his. Unforunately, it's hard to communicate when you're dead.

[.cnI redruM]

As Howard Dean likes to say "You have the power!"

[Pikamax]

"Although on screen Ford has starred in many action-packed, gun-toting thrillers -- his "Hollywood Homicide" alongside 25-year-old Josh Hartnett (news) is, in fact, more designed as a comedy -- Ford abhors liberal US gun laws.


"I'm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns. It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have. I'm sure gun laws should be strengthened in the United States. I just don't know the correct mechanism."


>> uh...

[Sloth]

[Shermy]

See link to Harrison Ford's pandering at #8.

Perhaps you guys can do something artisitc with the text on this shirt?

a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030827/241/539ax.html>Pic Link.

[sarasota]

Wow. Needs facial airbrushing in a big way.

[teeman8r]

sick, simply sick...

funny, tho, but very sick

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[Yardstick]

"I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East. ...."

Isn't it a hoot listening to actors speak in the semi-formal, conventionalized prose of politics? They sound so tentative and awkward. It's kind of like watching a kid teeter around in adult shoes.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> "I'm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns. It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have. I'm sure gun laws should be strengthened in the United States. I just don't know the correct mechanism." <<

Where is harry ford getting his info? It's obviously flawed. All the stats I have indicate guns in the hands of lawful citizens reduce violent crime. What a jackass!

[Shermy]

"I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East. ...."

General lefty/globalist slant. Ignores religious beliefs and the fact that terrs are a middle class, even wealthy phenomenon.

[TEXOKIE]

Hi Rags! Thought you might like to see this. It isnt "good news about our troops" per se but it DOES document the fact that the anti war protestors ARE giving aid and comfort to the enemy, as acknowledged by the enemy!