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http://www.smh.com.au/world/death-penalty-looms-as-bashir-faces-confident-prosecutors-20101213-18vii.html Death penalty looms as Bashir faces confident prosecutors Tom Allard JAKARTA December 14, 2010 Abu Bakar Bashir ... facing the death penalty. Photo: AFP THE radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is facing the death penalty after being charged with founding and financing a terrorist cell uncovered in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Amid heavy security in a Jakarta courtroom, the elderly militant, who gained notoriety for his anti-Australia polemics and support of the Bali bombers, listened impassively as prosecutors read the indictment. ''The harshest allegation is that he incited others to commit crimes of terrorism, which carries the death penalty,'' said a senior prosecutor, Mohammed Yusuf. ''We want to try him very quickly.'' Advertisement: Story continues below Other allegations centre on the substantial funding Bashir's Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid organisation gave to the terrorist cell. Bashir refused to sign the indictment and declined to speak about his case with the media. His only remarks were to offer support for another alleged terrorist arrested on Friday, Abu Tholut. ''He is a fighter, he is my friend,'' Bashir said. Through his lawyer, Bashir pleaded not guilty. The trial, expected to begin in two months, is the third for Bashir in recent years. He was acquitted of a slew of serious offences including masterminding the bombing of churches in the first trial in 2003, although he served a brief prison sentence after being found guilty of rebellion. He was found guilty after a second trial for conspiracy relating to the first Bali bombing and the first Marriott Hotel attack in 2003, but the charges were later struck out on appeal and Bashir was released from prison. Prosecutors are far more confident this time. Police spent months building a case against him before he was arrested in August. To maximise the chances of a guilty verdict, his trial has been deliberately held back until other members of the terrorist cell have faced justice. Bashir, 71, is of Yemeni origin and was a founding member of the Jemaah Islamiah organisation that was behind both Bali bombings and other attacks across Indonesia. Bashir's alleged cell was discovered in Aceh in February, where a military-style training camp had been set up. More than 100 alleged members of the cell have been arrested and more than a dozen killed. Among those slain was Dulmatin, a leading figure in the first Bali bombing and one of the most wanted men in south-east Asia. According to police, Bashir personally appointed Dulmatin as field commander of the new cell. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
