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To: tejek who wrote (334174)	4/19/2007 12:36:08 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1571964

» 02/22/2007 14:03 INDONESIA Al-Qaeda and Islamic preachers behind decapitation of Christian women in Poso Captured top Jemaah Islamiyah fugitive Basri tells how he personally cut off the head of one of three female students killed in 2005. He said he and his comrades were distressed by the loss of dear relatives in Poso’s sectarian violence. Instructors and preachers sent by al-Qaeda gave them jihad training, making them believe that Allah wanted these deaths. They are now remorseful. Jakarta (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Basri and four men detained with him described themselves under interrogation as uncouth, seeking vengeance for their relatives killed in sectarian violence in Poso, indoctrinated by leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah, the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist network. Until a few weeks ago, 30-year-old Basri was on Indonesia’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. He now stands charged, among other crimes, with the beheading of three young Christian women in Poso (Central Sulawesi) in 2005. During the 1998-2001 sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims he lost many relatives. Police report he confessed to using two machetes to behead one of the three victims, who were attacked as they made their way home. Basri, who in an interview with the Associated Press said he “was sorry from the bottom of my heart”, insisted that he was compelled to act the way he did. “I had no choice. I was like a mad buffalo on the loose.” He and his comrades said that for years Jemaah Islamiyah instructors, trained in Afghanistan and southern Philippines, taught them how to make bombs and use weapons. “Islamic preachers,” Basri said, “said that killing was a form of prayer. They told us that in war Christians had cut off the heads of Muslim women and it was time for pay back.” The terrorists, who have been in prison since early February, said they swore allegiance to Jemaah Islamiyah leaders in 2003 before joining them in weekly indoctrination sessions that focused on the need for jihad against the infidels. Aat, one of the men arrested with Basri, described a bomb attack against a Christian market that left 20 people dead. “I cried a lot the next day,” he said. According to the terrorists themselves, al-Qaeda brought men from the Jemaah Islamiyah to Poso in 2001 in order to ignite a religious conflict. Nasir Abbas, a former terrorist leader who now collaborates with the police, said that the men who are working for the Jemaah Islamiyah are “gangsters picked up by the preachers. They neither pray nor fast but are convinced that what they do is lawful and justified by Allah.” Jemaah Islamiah, which operates across South-East Asia, is responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.

To: tejek who wrote (334174)	4/19/2007 2:59:46 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571964

archives.cnn.com Gunman sought out adults The gunman, dressed all in black and armed with a handgun and a pump-action gun, searched corridors, rooms and toilets inside the school, seeking out adults and then gunning them down, police chief Manfred Grube told a news conference. The bodies were scattered in hallways, classrooms and bathrooms. The dead police officer was shot earlier before the school was stormed, police told CNN. The attack began at about 11 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) Friday. Describing the scene at the Gutenberg Gymnasium School as a "picture of horror," Grube said the 19-year-old gunman fled German special forces as they stormed the building, and then shot himself in a classroom. Police were fired upon when they first entered the school. They retreated and formed a blockade around it. Police told The Associated Press the gunman was found with 500 rounds of ammunition. Plea for help taped to window Weeping students fled the school, and anxious parents gathered outside. "I heard shooting and thought it was a joke," Melanie Steinbrueck, 13, told The Associated Press. "But then I saw a teacher dead in the hallway in front of Room 209 and a gunman in black carrying a weapon." (More eyewitness accounts) Juliane Blank, 13, added: "The guy was dressed all in black -- gloves, cap, everything was black. The 19-year-old gunman, pictured here, dressed in black during the shooting. "He must have opened the door without being heard and forced his way into the classroom. We ran out into the hallways. We just wanted to get out." "It was chilling. I saw this big placard with the word 'Help' on it taped to a window and people moving around behind it, but I couldn't tell if they were children or attackers," a witness told German broadcaster RTL. A room-by-room search of the school was carried out following reports a second gunman was involved in the shooting, but police believe the gunman acted alone and was spotted by different pupils as he moved to various areas of the school. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's said he was "staggered" by the shooting, and cancelled an election campaign scheduled to begin on Saturday. "It is such an event our imagination is incapable of dealing with it," he said. Local journalist Thomas Rothbart told CNN there was "deep, deep grief in the city." "All the political parties in Germany are in grief with the city." Shooting on day when gun laws tightened Students, parents and members of staff hugged each other outside the school, weeping hysterically in the aftermath of the shooting. Scores were treated for shock by doctors and psychologists. Hundreds of armed police wearing bulletproof vests sealed off the building. A tent was set up nearby where parents were informed of the whereabouts of their children. About 750 students aged between 10 and 19 are enrolled at the school, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in December. Some people inside the building posted signs asking for help. The shooting came just hours before the German parliament approved a new bill tightening the country's already strict gun controls. (Full story) Germany already has strict laws governing the right to a gun, but experts say the country is awash with illegal weapons smuggled into the country from eastern Europe and the Balkans. People wanting to buy a hunting rifle must undergo checks that can last a year, while those wanting a gun for sport must be a member of a club and obtain a license from the police. Interior Minister Otto Schily said there was not much to be happy about on this day, but that he was glad the new tougher gun control legislation passed "with a broad majority in parliament." "The aim of law is to strengthen and to sharpen the (existing) laws," Schily said, but added the danger was from illegal weapons, not legal ones. Erfurt, a town of nearly 200,000 people in former communist East Germany, was founded in the 13th century and was once home to theologian Martin Luther. In February, a 22-year-old German who recently lost his job shot and killed two former bosses and his old high school's principal in a rampage outside Munich.