Bashir's warning to Australians December 13 2002 By Stephen Gibbs, Matthew Moore Jakarta The man who Western governments say is the spiritual leader of the terrorist group accused of masterminding the Bali bombing says Australia will be "destroyed instantly" if it launches a pre-emptive strike against terrorist targets in other countries. Abu Bakar Bashir, the cleric accused of heading recently banned South-East Asian group Jemaah Islamiah, said Australians would be dragged into a war with Muslims if they went along with the "crazy idea" of a pre-emptive strike floated recently by Prime Minister John Howard. "So, if John Howard's stance...