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Sunday, May 02, 2004
CuriouserNow that Abu Bakar Ba'ashir is under arrest on terrorism charges, it's worth pointing out that he may have opposed the Bali bombings, at least according to the International Crisis Group. Not that this lets him off the hook; he likes to deny Jemaah Islamiyah 1) exists or 2) resorts to terrorism, when in fact 1) he helped organize it, and 2) he approved a string of Jemaah-orchestrated church bombings in 2000 across Indonesia.
However, according to the International Crisis Group:
The hardliners within JI and the strategists of its bombing campaigns have reportedly fallen out with Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, whom they consider insufficiently radical. He and some of his closest followers were reportedly opposed to the Bali bombings for tactical reasons.
Last night I mentioned to another critic here that I was leaving for Indonesia, and he said, "Oh no."
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
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