The man is responsible for the death of over 200 people. He should be executed.
Bruce http://www.theage.com.au/news/War-on-Terror/Sentence-may-increase-terror-thr eat/2005/03/04/1109700667069.html?oneclick=true Sentence 'may increase' terror threat March 4, 2005 - 4:17PM Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's lenient sentence could escalate terrorism in south-east Asia with Australians a target, the federal Opposition said today. Bakar, regarded as the spiritual head of terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), was yesterday sentenced to 30 months jail for his involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Dismissing the jail sentence as a "walk in the park", Labor's foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said he fully supported the government's decision to call on Indonesian authorities to appeal against it. "This sentence is inadequate," Mr Rudd told journalists in Brisbane. "Thirty months for a person who heads an organisation which is responsible for the mass murder of more than 200 people is simply not enough. We believe a much harsher sentence is necessary." Mr Rudd said a harsher sentence would send a message to south-east Asia that those involved with terrorist organisations would be severely penalised. Advertisement Advertisement He agreed with Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty's warning that terrorism threats against Australians could be on the rise following Bakar's jailing. "At present, the Howard Government is increasingly focused on Iraq. The war against terrorism in south-east Asia has not been won yet," Mr Rudd said. "JI is alive and well and we have gaps in our counter-terrorism strategy in this region, in our own neighbourhood, our own backyard, in dealing with the enemy here." Mr Rudd said large gaps in dealing with terrorists remained in intelligence, policing and border control systems across south-east Asia. He said he was "deeply concerned" about radical Islamic terrorism in the southern Philippines and its flow to other south-east Asian countries, including Indonesia. "Australia and other like-minded countries like Japan should be working with our friends in south-east Asia to plug these gaps," he said. - AAP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
