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Indonesia to outlaw Jemaah Islamiyah group implicated in Bali bombings

March 21, 2005 09:05:00 AM

Ansyaad Mbai, the head of the Counterterrorism division of Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, announced Monday that the Indonesian government plans to outlaw the al-Qaida-linked radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah [MIPT...

Indonesian cleric found guilty in Bali bombings

March 3, 2005 08:05:00 AM

An Indonesian court Thursday found radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy to commit the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people. The five-judge panel found that although Ba'asyir was not directly...

Indonesian cleric calls terror charges a "joke"

November 4, 2004 11:03:00 AM

Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who is on trial for last year's hotel bombing in Bali, has called his trial a joke Thursday, saying that the US and Australia are masterminding his trial. Bashir, who is alleged to be...

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