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	Abu Bakar Bashir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") (born August 17, 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI).
		Bashir was born in Jombang, East Java in August 17, 1938.
		Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, A biography by tempointeractive.com (Indonesian)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abu_Bakar_Bashir (1275 words)

	Abu Bakar Bashir Sentence Reduced to 18 Months
		Bashir was arrested in October 2002, and with time served, is expected to be released later this month.
		Bashir's early release is sure to stir controversy and raise questions over Indonesia's commitment to fighting terrorism, but the country has otherwise established a strong record.
		Bashir is the founder and principal of an Islamic boarding school on the Indonesian island of Java.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2004/03-09-5.htm (401 words)

	It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - Abu Bakar Bashir News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Bashir was taken to police headquarters today from Salemba Jail after around 1,000 elite paramilitary police fired tear gas and water cannon to disburse several hundred of Bashir's supporters, who pelted police lines with paving bricks.
		Bashir's fate is a sensitive issue in Indonesia, where authorities have sought to balance the need to remain aggressive in the US-led war on terrorism while not appearing to cave in to pressure from foreign governments.
		Bashir is on trial for allegedly inspiring others to commit acts of terrorism as the alleged spiritual leader or “amir” of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) - the Al Qaeda-linked regional terror group allegedly responsible for Indonesia’s largest and most high-profile bombings targeting foreigners in recent years.
	www.itshappening.com /showthread.php?t=38792 (3047 words)

	Profile: Abu Bakar Bashir (a.k.a. Ba’asyir) - Council on Foreign Relations
		The judge said there was insufficient proof to establish a connection between Bashir and JI, despite the avowals of JI operatives that they had acted to please him and to fulfill his vision of overthrowing the Indonesian government to establish a pan-Islamic state.
		Bashir insists upon the establishment of traditional Islamic law, or sharia, and has actively encouraged a violent toppling of the Indonesian government if sharia is not enacted.
		Bashir has repeatedly praised al-Qaeda's activities, and there is broad speculation that JI and al-Qaeda are at least tenuously affiliated.
	www.cfr.org /publication/10219/profile.html (1173 words)

	Indonesia Media Online Berita Tanah Air - Mid November 2005
		Indonesian authorities will not reduce the prison sentence of militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to mark the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan - and his lawyer told VOA that Australia is to blame for the decision.
		Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of the regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah, is in jail for complicity in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
		Jemaah Islamiyah, the terrorist group of which Bashir is alleged to be the spiritual head, has also been blamed for two terrorist attacks in Jakarta: the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in 2003, which killed 12 people, and the 2004 bombing outside the Australian Embassy, which killed another 10.
	www.indonesiamedia.com /2005/11/mid/english/bashir.htm (361 words)

	War on Terrorism - 2064+: Re: Abu Bakar Bashir - Bali Bombing
		Update on the Abu Bakar Bashir "arrest"....well they finally got him out of the VIP hospital room in Solo and took him to a Police Hospital in Jakarta but Bashir continues to stonewall attempts at interrogation....
		Bashir is being held at a police hospital in eastern Jakarta, recovering from what he said was a respiratory ailment.
		Bashir is said to have formulated Jemaah Islamiyah's ideology of carving out an Islamic state throughout Southeast Asia — encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and southern parts of Thailand and the Philippines — while he was in exile in Malaysia in the 1980s.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/81407/707946 (670 words)

	Bashir urges Howard to convert - World - theage.com.au
		Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been greeted by a sea of supporters punching fists in the air and screaming "Allah hu Akbar", or God is Great, as he arrived home to his Java boarding school.
		Bashir, whose convoy was escorted from the capital by police motorcycle outriders, stopped twice along the 500km journey to pray, including once in a service station prayer room, where he again slammed Australia's government as "kaffirs", or unbelievers.
		Bashir was tomorrow planning to rest and members of his legal team said he may also visit quake victims to help console them.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/bashir-urges-howard-to-convert/2006/06/15/1149964643200.html (838 words)

	Howard can't challenge Bashir appeal - World - smh.com.au
		Bashir was allegedly involved in organising the attack, and Mr Howard said those who had carried it out have been convicted.
		Bashir was released in June after completing a 30-month jail sentence for being part of a conspiracy behind the bombings.
		The Supreme Court, in response to an appeal by Bashir challenging the verdict, ruled that the cleric was not guilty of that crime.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2006/12/21/1166290675873.html?from=rss (487 words)

	Abu Bakar Bashir
		Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir) alias Abdus Somad (born August 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI), who intelligence agencies claim is the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and has links with al-Qaeda.
		Bashir denies he has anything to do with the JI or terrorism.
		Bashir was arrested for suspected involvement in the 2002 Bali terrorist bombing.
	www.martinfrost.ws /htmlfiles/june2006/abu_bakar_bashir.html (402 words)

	NewsBreak :: Abu-Bakar-Bashir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A stronger case for Abu Bakar Bashir's involvement in the Bali bombings could be mounted today than when he stood trial, intelligence and security expert Neil Fergus says.
		Freed Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir plans to intensify his campaign for the introduction of strict Islamic law in Indonesia.
		Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned a guilty verdict against the Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for involvement in bombings in Bali in 2002 and last year and an attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003.
	newsbreak.com.au /topic/Abu-Bakar-Bashir (223 words)

	Don't fear terrorist label, says Indonesian cleric - Turkish Daily News Jun 17, 2006
		Indonesian hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a Muslim congregation on Friday, two days after his release from jail, to fight for Islam and ignore criticism branding those involved in the struggle as terrorists.
		Bashir, who Western and regional intelligence officials say was once spiritual leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah militant network, was freed on Wednesday after serving time over the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
		Bashir has denied any involvement in bombings and said on the day of his release that perpetrators behind attacks in Indonesia were wrong to use that strategy in what he called a peaceful zone.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=46521 (534 words)

	Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
		Jubilant militants came out to greet Abu Bakar Bashir as he was released from the Jakarta jail and then put their Islamofacist preacher on a 12-hour police-escorted convoy to make a triumphant return to Solo in central Java.
		Abu Bakar Bashir vowed to continue preaching hate from his old redoubt and now is taunting the West.
		The UN yanked the contract in the wake of Bashir’s release from prison, claiming they didn’t know whom the funds were going to, but that is a pretty hollow excuse.
	www.publiuspundit.com /?p=2708 (818 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Appeal for Abu Bakar Bashir
		Lawyers for Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have filed a new lawsuit demanding his release from the 30-month jail sentence he is serving for his role in the Bali bombings.
		Bashir was sentenced in March for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy that led to the October 2002 Bali bombings, in which 202 people died.
		Bashir, 66, was arrested a week after the Bali bombings, but terrorism charges were thrown out during trial.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1386920.htm (395 words)

	Bali bombing was God's will: Abu Bakar Bashir [Archive] - Military Photos
		Bashir was released on Wednesday after serving 26 months of a 30-month sentence for condoning the first Bali attack, in October 2002, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
		Bashir has looked spritely and full of energy after his release and revealed he kept his health up by walking half an hour a day around the exercise yard at Jakarta's Cipinang jail.
		Bashir said he might visit the Bali bombers in their death-row cells in Central Java and said of Asia's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top, that he was simply a "good Muslim" who had made a "mistake".
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-83745.html (1518 words)

	Bashir slams West after court ruling
		Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has painted a court ruling clearing him of any part in the 2002 Bali bombings as a "warning for the West" not to attempt to oppress Indonesia.
		Bashir has long claimed he was arrested on trumped up charges after the West demanded that Indonesia get tough on radical Islam following the September 11, 2001 strikes in the United States.
		Western and regional intelligence officials say Bashir was the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, a Southeast Asia militant group blamed for the Bali bombings and a string of other deadly attacks in Indonesia in recent years.
	news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=60367 (789 words)

	Anti-Strib: Please Kill Abu Bakar Bashir
		Abu Bakar Bashir preaches hate, plans killings and defends suicide bombers.
		Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir also called on Bush and Howard to convert to Islam, saying it was "the only way to save their souls," adding that families still grieving after the 2002 Bali blasts that killed many foreigners should also become Muslim to find "salvation and peace."
		Bashir, 68, was released from prison Wednesday after completing a 26- month sentence for conspiracy in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people, was at a hardline Islamic boarding school that has spawned some of Southeast Asia's deadliest terrorists.
	anti-strib.blogspot.com /2006/06/please-kill-abu-bakar-bashir.html (317 words)

	No sympathy for the dead, but Bashir denies any guilt - theage.com.au
		Abu Bakar Bashir is the elderly cleric Western intelligence has identified as the man most likely to have organised Saturday night's Kuta slaughter.
		Mr Bashir offered no sympathy for those who died; just his belief that by converting to Islam, the survivors could ensure they would avoid the fate of those non-Muslims who died and went to hell.
		But Mr Bashir says the organisation is an invention of the West, the West that he also claims were the ones responsible for the bomb.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/10/17/1034561267359.html (578 words)

	Accused Bali Bomber Walks Free , Militant Cleric Abu Bakar Bashir Served 26 Months For Role In 2002 Bombing - CBS News
		Bashir, 68, walked out of Jakarta's Cipinang prison after serving 26 months for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people and thrust the world's most populous Muslim nation onto the front line of the war on terror.
		Bashir's freedom has raised concerns that he could energize Indonesia's small, Islamic radical fringe by making impassioned speeches at rallies and mosques, but few believe he will play any direct role in terrorism.
		Bashir was found guilty of blessing the 2002 Bali attacks, but cleared of more serious terrorist charges, including heading Jemaah Islamiyah, which Indonesian police say received funds from al-Qaida.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/06/14/world/main1711562.shtml (968 words)

	Court clears Bashir of ordering Bali, Jakarta bombings
		The court says Bashir was not responsible for ordering the Bali nightclub bombing that killed 202 people in 2002, or for the Marriott hotel bombing that killed 12 people a year later.
		Bashir was, however, sentenced to 30 months in jail after being convicted of conspiracy in the Bali bombings.
		Bashir, 66, was accused of failing to prevent JI militants, allegedly under his leadership, from carrying out terror attacks, including the Bali nightclub blasts and the bombing at Jakarta's Marriott Hotel in 2003.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2005/03/02/bashir050302.html (1148 words)

	War on Terrorism - 2064+: Re: Abu Bakar Bashir
		Mr Hamzah, well-placed sources said, was probably a key figure that shaped an outcome that gave Bashir the much lighter sentence of four years in jail, instead of the 15 the prosecution had asked for.
		The focus of the charges against Bashir - the church bombings, a plot to topple the government and an attempt to assassinate Ms Megawati when she was Vice-President in 2000 - blurred as they pursued a strategy of linking him with the Bali bombers.
		One of them, Ali Imron, testified earlier this year at the Bali bombing trial that Bashir was a top JI man. Bashir, he said, had arranged for him to attend a Muslim school in Peshawar in Pakistan, where he studied before entering Afghanistan to conduct jihad.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/81407/840995 (1661 words)

	Abu Bakar Bashir is focus for Asian terror hunt \| csmonitor.com
		ABU BAKAR BASHIR: The Indonesian cleric is accused of having ties to Al Qaeda.
		Bashir is just one of the Indonesian clerics who has an affinity for and shares an ideology with Al Qaeda.
		Singapore calls Bashir the "controlling figure" behind the Singapore bomb plot, and a number of the arrested men, at least eight of whom received training in Al Qaeda camps, have said Bashir was their leader.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0130/p01s01-woap.html (1926 words)

	Bashir faces new terrorism charges. 15/10/2004. ABC News Online
		Indonesian prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a major step toward a new trial of the alleged spiritual leader of South East Asia's militant Islamic Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network.
		Yunda Hasbi, an official at the South Jakarta district court, told reporters that Bashir was "implicated in the Marriott bombing" as well as other bombings, but not the 2002 Bali attacks in which 202 people were killed.
		Bashir has admiringly described Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "true Muslim fighter" but has always denied being linked to terrorism himself.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200410/s1221201.htm (382 words)

	Abu Bakar Bashir released- World-Sections-TIMES NOW.tv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Security was tight as Bakar Bashir, a man seen by the West as the spiritual head of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah regional militant network.
		And, hundreds of Bashir supporters from hard-line Muslim groups had gathered outside the jail to welcome the cleric with a genial smile.
		Analysts say that Abu Bakar Bashir’s early release may be seen by radicals as a strategic counter-terrorism failure.
	www.timesnow.tv /articleshow/1648792.cms (489 words)

	ABC 7 News - Abu Bakar Bashir's Conviction Overturned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		But it will give a boost to Bashir's supporters in the world's most populous Muslim nation, who have long maintained the cleric was locked up on the orders of the United States.
		Washington and its regional ally Australia have publicly accused Bashir of being a key leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, blamed for the Bali attacks and several other bombings in Indonesia.
		Bashir's son, Abdurrahmin, said his father had received word of the verdict.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/1206/381889.html (409 words)

	PM - Abu Bakar Bashir jailed
		The judges found that Bashir had taken part in a "sinister conspiracy against the state", a conspiracy which led to the Bali bombings, but somehow they also cleared him of terrorism allegations.
		Mubarak said that at a meeting with Abu Bakar Bashir in Solo before the Bali bombing that Amrozi asked Abu Bakar Bashir about he mentioned, "We're thinking of having an event in Bali", was the expression used, and Abu Bakar Bashir's response was, "I'll leave those decisions up to you".
		In fact, all of the primary charges against Bashir were struck out, despite that evidence, and I guess it's because there were a number of other witnesses who simply refused to back up the evidence that the prosecution had said they would bring to court.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2005/s1315511.htm (693 words)

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