INDONESIA: BASHIR SAYS HOLY WARRIORS SHOULD GO TO ISRAEL
   
Jakarta, 3 July (AKI) - Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir,
considered the spiritual leader of the al-Qaeda linked militant group
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), has called on Indonesia to send holy warriors
to fight in Israel in response to the recent airstrikes by the Israeli
forces on the Palestinian territories. The Associated Press reported
that Bashir called Israel the "enemy of Allah" and said that is why
Indonesia "should send holy warriors there." He was addresssing
hundreds of members of the Muslim-based Crescent Star Party in the
Indonesian capital Jakarta

Bashir was released on 14 June after completing 26 months of his 30-
month sentence for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings which killed
202 people. His release from prison raised concerns that he would
incite people yet again with his speeches at rallies and mosques.

His statements in Jakarta come as Israel sent a small force of tanks
to northern Gaza on Monday. This comes after increased violence in the
Middle East following the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.

The United States and the United Nations have listed JI as a terrorist
organisation and both Malaysia and Singapore have already banned the
organisation. Despite JI's connection with such violence, in Indonesia
the group hasn't been banned or branded a terrorist organisation. The
main aim of JI is to create an Islamic Caliphate in South-East Asia.

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Cheers, Steve..

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