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Asia-Pacific News Indonesian Muslim militant gets 12 years in terrorism sentence Jakarta - An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamic militant to 12 years in prison for providing a gun to the aide of one of South-East Asia's most wanted terrorist leaders. Central Java's Semarang district court found Joko Wibowo, alias Abu Sayaf, guilty of violating anti-terrorism laws for giving a semiautomatic pistol to a member of the regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) that was used for military training. Presiding Judge Budi Hartono said in the ruling that Wibowo gave the revolver and 20 bullets to Subur Sugianto, alleged top aide to Noordin M Top, a Malaysian thought to be a key leader of the al-Qaeda-linked JI who is accused of masterminding a series of attacks in Indonesia over the past several years that have killed hundreds of people. Wibowo, 25, was a member of a hardline Islamic group headed by the militant cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who was released earlier this year after serving 26 months in prison for openly backing the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people. Wibowo told the court during earlier hearings that he got the gun while fighting Christians in Ambon, the capital of Indonesia's Maluku province. About 30 Wibowo supporters attended the verdict and chanted 'Allahu Akbar!' or 'God is Great!' when the sentence was delivered, the Detik.com online news portal reported. Wibowo's lawyer said the defence team would consult with the defendant before a decision is taken on whether to file an appeal. The same court sentenced another Muslim militant, Subur Sugianto, alias Abu Mujahid, to life in prison for harbouring Noordin. The Indonesian authorities have intensified their search for Noordin since the death of his associate Azahari bin Husin, thought to have been one of JI's top bombmakers. Azahari blew himself up when police raided his hideout in East Java in November last year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
