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<p>BALI, Indonesia &#8212; The youngest of three Indonesian brothers being tried for last year's deadly blasts on the tourist island of Bali begged for forgiveness yesterday, telling a court that the attack was wrong and besmirched Islam.</p> <p>Though Ali Imron faces charges of plotting and organizing terror crimes similar to those of his older siblings, he has repeatedly shown remorse during the trial rather than the pride and defiance of his brothers.</p>

A key suspect in the Bali bombings said on Thursday the bomb attack on Bali last year was the result of a misinterpretation of jihad. Ali Imron, standing trial for his involvement in the bombings, told the Denpasar District Court he had made a grave mistake in executing the terror attacks, which claimed 202 lives, mostly foreigners, and injured over 300 others. Expressing his remorse, Imron said the bombing "has really broken my heart". "Why did I, an ustadz (religious teacher), do something like that? How could I just obey and not think?" he said. He explained that he had...

One of the accused Bali bombers says the Kuta attacks were originally intended to take place on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. Ali Imron says the alleged plot leader, Imam Samudra, said at a planning meeting in Solo that he wanted the attack to take place on September 11, to mark the New York and Washington attacks a year earlier. The reason the bombing occurred on October 12 instead was because that was when the bombs were ready, Ali Imron told the court. He said that fellow suspects Dul Martin and Idris had returned...