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Indonesia: Radical Cleric Is Arrested and Charged With Planning Attacks (11 August 2010) A radical cleric was charged Wednesday with helping plan terrorist attacks in Indonesia, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, the police said. The cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, 71, left, was arrested Monday and accused of setting up a terrorist cell and militant training camp in Aceh Province that was plotting high-profile assassinations and attacks on foreigners in the capital. Mr. Bashir, a co-founder of Jemaah Islamiyah, a militant network linked to Al Qaeda, has been arrested twice before, but officials say this is the first time they can link him directly to terrorist activities. Investigators built a case by monitoring his bank records, tapping phones and compiling confessions from other suspected militants, said Lt. Gen. Ito Sumardi, chief detective for the national police. Mr. Bashir has previously denied links to terrorists. AP |
