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To: BigBull who wrote (52861)	10/18/2002 10:39:30 AM
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Very "trippy" interview with Indonesia's Bashir: ‘It Was Carried Out by America’ The alleged leader of Indonesia’s Jemaah Islamiah terror group praises Osama bin Laden and claims that the United States bombed Bali to discredit Islam By Joe Cochrane NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE msnbc.com Oct. 17 — Abu Bakar Bashir insists he’s not a radical Islamic terrorist. The Bush administration, however, is one of several governments that say he is the leader of Jemaah Islamiah, the fundamentalist Indonesian group suspected of masterminding the bombing that killed at least 180 mostly Western tourists on the island of Bali last Saturday. FOR ALMOST A YEAR, the Indonesian government dismissed claims that the group was a threat. But on Wednesday, as grieving relatives tried to identify the bodies of those who died in the resort bombing, the government did an abrupt about-face. Indonesia’s minister for state security, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, conceded that Jakarta “cannot disagree” with assertions that Jemaah Islamiah is a terrorist organization. Yudhoyono also named Bashir as the organization’s leader and said he could face legal action. Bashir, 64, denies that the group even exists and claims that America and Israel bombed Bali to discredit Islam. The Indonesian cleric also says he admires Osama bin Laden and prays daily that the Qaeda terrorist network will destroy the United States. Bashir has also openly taunted the Indonesian government by traveling to Jakarta from his central Java home following the attack, almost daring authorities to arrest him. Sitting on a straw mat in a house in a blue-collar neighborhood in south Jakarta, Bashir spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Joe Cochrane