February 11, 2009 2:46 PM

Bali Bomber Warns Of Al Qaeda Attacks

(AP)  An Islamic militant awaiting execution in Indonesia for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings has warned that al Qaeda would be "very likely" to launch revenge attacks if authorities kill him, a magazine reported.

Imam Samudra and two other Indonesian militants were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the suicide attacks that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, at two nightclubs on the resort island of Bali.

The three - who have admitted to planning and taking part in the strikes - are awaiting a final legal appeal to their sentences.

Samudra was interviewed in prison by a local hard-line Islamist magazine, Jihadmagz.

Asked whether al Qaeda would send operatives to Indonesia to launch attacks if he were executed, he said, "That is very likely. God willing, hopefully that will happen. Everyone knows that the armies of Allah are (everywhere)."

The magazine, which has a circulation of 10,000, hit newsstands in Indonesia last week.

The Bali attacks were carried out by members and associates of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group whose leaders came under the influence of al Qaeda in the late 1990s when they trained and fought in Afghanistan.

Since then, militants have launched three more attacks on Western targets in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. The latest attack, against restaurants in Bali in 2005, killed 12.

Indonesia does not announce executions in advance, but authorities have reportedly been preparing to carry out the punishment if the three men's appeal at the Supreme Court fails. Officials there have not said when they will rule on the appeal, which is known as a judicial review.


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by terrorislami June 19, 2008 3:31 PM EDT
HUSSEIN IS A LIAR,,, so says his brother,,,

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim

Apparently the Obamas of Kenya have no doubt -- contrary to the claims of the Obama campaign, that the presidential candidate was raised a Moslem. They take that as a given.
"Barack Obama''''s half brother Malik said Thursday that if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background. In an interview with Army Radio he expressed a special salutation from the Obamas of Kenya."
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12918.htm
http://www.anobamanation.net/2008/06/obamas-brother-confirms-barack-grew-up.html
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by terrorislami June 19, 2008 3:30 PM EDT
HUSSEIN IS A LIAR,,, so says his brother,,,

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim

Apparently the Obamas of Kenya have no doubt -- contrary to the claims of the Obama campaign, that the presidential candidate was raised a Moslem. They take that as a given.
"Barack Obama''''s half brother Malik said Thursday that if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background. In an interview with Army Radio he expressed a special salutation from the Obamas of Kenya."
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/
Politics/12918.htm
http://www.anobamanation.net/2008/06/obamas-brother-confirms-barack-grew-up.html
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by 9SLING June 18, 2008 11:36 AM EDT
and i''ve already copied the web page in case it is decided that that link needs to be expunged.
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by 9SLING June 18, 2008 11:34 AM EDT
AWESOME link, terror! I am fowarding that to everyone.
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by terrorislami June 18, 2008 9:35 AM EDT
HUSSEIN IS SOFT ON FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

will hussein stop his radical muslim luo tribe relatives from slaughtering non-muslims???

apparently not,,,

U.S. Troops to African "hotspot"?

Obama Jr. Says ''Not Yet''

http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/obama_

lou%20tribe.htm

Just one day before the Jan. 3, 2008 Iowa caucus, Sen. Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (D-Ill.), who is aiming to be America''''s first African-American president, found himself taping a message from Iowa to Kenya for broadcast on the Voice of America.

Kenya, the homeland Obama Jr''s family''s Luo tribe, burst into post-election violence after Raila Odinga, a fiery Luo tribe opposition leader and Kenya presidential candidate, alleged the Dec. 27 voting that re-elected President Mwai Kibaki of the Kikuyu tribe was rigged

More than 360 people were killed and over 250,000 displaced provoking a humanitarian crisis in a country previously considered a stable pillar in east Africa.
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by terrorislami June 18, 2008 9:34 AM EDT
HUSSEIN IS SOFT ON FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

Obama''s Cousin Charged With Ethnic Cleansing
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/01/great-obamas-cousin-charged-with-ethnic.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7192958.stm

Obama''s relative linked to Ethnic Cleansing in Kenya
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-relative-linked-to-ethnic.html

Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957451/posts

Ten Obvious Reasons Why Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Top-10-Reasons.htm

Kenya Muslim Violence Pictorial *Warning Graphic*

Africa, Kenya, Muslims%u2026nothing more needs to be said%u2026
http://patdollard.com/2008/01/kenya-muslim-violence-pictorial-warning-graphic/

The Kenyan jihad
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/433766/the-kenyan-jihad.thtml

nothing new,,, more radical muslims ethnically cleansing non-muslims

19 Burned to Death in Violence in Kenya
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960644/posts
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by terrorislami June 18, 2008 9:33 AM EDT
HUSSEIN IS SOFT ON FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,

Obama Sides With Radical Islamists

The magnitude of difference between the two candidates running in our presidential election could not be more stark! After reading the statements of both Obama and McCain regarding the horrible Supreme Court 5-4 decision to allow Gitmo detainees the right to be tried in civilian courts, we can clearly see what a flawed, unfortunate, and terrible direction Obama would take this country if [God forbid!!]elected in November.

Obama''s statement:

Barack Obama statement on the Supreme Court''s 5-4 decision today extending civilian legal protections to terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo Bay:

Um...er...earth to Obama? Foreign terrorists caught in battle against our forces during war have never been eligible for "habeas corpus"! They are not covered by the Constitution of the United States of America. So...what "rule of law" are you referring to?
http://talkwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-sides-with-radical-islamists.html
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by brianbwb-2009 June 18, 2008 4:56 AM EDT
Btw, do you know who used to be the US ambassador to Indonesia before being called to DC? (and whose office coincidentally stiffed me for about $2,000 in a cultural affairs concert promotion deal they reneged on after the event)

That''s right, Paul Wolfowitz.

"Why is Indonesia even allowing this magazine promoting the efforts of the cowards who attacked their innocent citizens to ''''hit the newstands''''?"
Posted by OneWorldUSA

Part of the post-Soeharto reforms was the institution of freedom of speech. This magazine would not have been allowed under Soeharto''s rule.
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by oneworldusa June 18, 2008 4:52 AM EDT
Why is Indonesia even allowing this magazine promoting the efforts of the cowards who attacked their innocent citizens to ''hit the newstands''?
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by brianbwb-2009 June 18, 2008 4:44 AM EDT
Posted by ubrew12

In a country of 260 million people, a magazine circulation of 10,000 is not to be considered wide, in fact, it is so small that most people I know (and I know a whole lot of people there) have never heard of it.

It seems to me that this article is more a tool of the Bush/ McSame "homeland security" scare apparatus than anything else.

Don''t forget, Indonesia has an awful lot of oil, and Mobil-exxon has just been made to pump more of its profits back into the local community, which is one of the articles in the treaty that ended the Aceh separatist movement.
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