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Indonesia to execute 3 Bali bombers in Nov

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  • Bali bombersThe Bali convicts - Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron - have already 'exhausted' all their legal options.

    Three Indonesian Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed next month, prosecutors said Friday.

    The convicts - Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron - have "exhausted their legal options," Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia's Attorney General, told reporters Friday.

    The militants, who maintain their attacks were meant to punish the US and its Western allies for alleged atrocities in Afghanistan, will be executed by a firing squad in the island prison where they are being held. Panjaitan did not provide an exact date.

    They were convicted of planning and helping carry out the Oct. 12, 2002, suicide bombings targeting two nightclubs on the resort island of Bali that left 202 people dead, many of them foreign tourists.

    The Bali attacks - allegedly funded by al-Qaida - were carried out by members and associates of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group blamed for at least three other suicide bombings in Indonesia, including attacks on the J.W. Marriott hotel and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

    The last bombings occurred in 2005, killing 21 people in multiple blasts in Bali cafes and restaurants.

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    Execution in IndonasiaBy: MOHAN DADDIKAR | 24-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward The decison of the Indonasian Govt. to execute those found guilty in bombings at Bali is really commendable and deserves full praise for its courage. In comparision to the Indonasean Govt. our UPA Govt has proved to be spineless as it has no courage to hang a person only because the convicted person belongs to minority community. Shame! Shame! Shame!
    execution of Bali bombersBy: Tapan Bose | 24-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward What is the delay in their execution?! They stated initially that they wanted to be Martyrs for their cause.didn't they?! It seems they are SCARED to die for their cause now!!
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