Explosives courier jailed
>From correspondents in Jakarta July 26, 2005 From: Agence France-Presse AN Indonesian convicted of delivering explosive materials to militants for use in the deadly attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta has been jailed for four years. Judges at South Jakarta district court said Agus Ahmad bin Engkos Kosasih was guilty of storing, transporting and hiding explosives used in the blast last September that killed 11 people. The charges carried a maximum death penalty. Ahmad was also guilty of offering a ride to one of the alleged bombing masterminds and of allowing several suspects in the attack to use his house to plot the attack, chief judge Johannes Suhadim said. Prosecutors said the 32-year-old courier delivered explosives to fugitive Malaysian explosives expert Azahari Husin at a house near Jakarta where he was hiding with compatriot and fellow suspected terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top. Noordin and Azahari are believed to behind a series of attacks in Indonesia, including the October 2002 Bali bombings in which 202 people were killed and an August 2003 attack on Jakarta's Marriott hotel that left 12 dead. The Marriott, Bali and embassy bombings have been blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group believed to have links to al-Qaeda. Before the verdict today, Ahmad reiterated claims of innocence but said he expected to be convicted due to foreign pressure on the world's largest Muslim-populated country. "This Government is still a puppet of America and Australia because they continue to oppress Muslims," he told reporters. "If they release me, then it is the only proof of a fair trial." Ahmad said he would appeal against the verdict, which was lighter than the five years demanded by prosecutors. An Indonesian court last week jailed Irun Hidayat, 33, for 42 months after he was found guilty of being an accessory to the embassy attack. More than 20 people have been detained in connection with the bombing. [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: osint@yahoogroups.com 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/ <*> 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/
