Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Murder of 202 People in Bali, Bashir Gets 30 Months

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Indonesia, this is the country where kissing on the street is illegal, gives mass murderer 30 months for conspiracy in killing 202 people in Bali. This must be Australia's reward for pledging $1 billion for tsunami relief.

Indonesia Court Sentences Bashir to 2.5 Years
Wed Mar 2, 2005 11:21 PM ET

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7791579

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Radical Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is guilty of involvement in the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, a court said on Thursday, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in jail.
"The defendant has been proven legally and convincingly to have committed the crime of evil conspiracy that caused fire that left other people dead," chief judge Soedarto said.

Prosecutors had sought eight years in jail for Bashir on various terrorism and criminal charges related to bomb attacks. Western governments accuse Bashir of being the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, seen as the regional arm of al Qaeda.

Ba'asyir Term 'Disappoints' U.S.
Thursday, March 3, 2005 Posted: 0508 GMT (1308 HKT)

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/baasyir.us.reax.reut/

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -- The United States is disappointed at the length of radical Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's sentence, a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Jakarta has said.

"We respect the independence and judgment of the Indonesian courts, but given the gravity of the charges on which he was convicted, we're disappointed at the length of the sentence," Max Kwak of the U.S. Embassy said.

Ba'asyir was found guilty of involvement in the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, a court said on Thursday, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in jail.

Prosecutors had sought eight years in jail for Ba'asyir on various terrorism and criminal charges related to bomb attacks.

Western governments accuse Ba'asyir of being the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, seen as the regional arm of al Qaeda.