The Courier-Mail: Cleric Bashir gets 2� years [03mar05]

Bakar Bashir:

Well, he didn't walk. Not exactly. The death-penalty prosecution, in the most important terror trial in Asia, did manage to find a charge that pinned 2 1/2 years on the fellow. He was, however, cleared of most of the charges.

The trial is telling. At the end, supporters from the Indonesian Holy Warrior's Council (Majelis Mujahedeen Indonesia) cried aloud, dominating the courtroom and the streets beyond. "Allah Akbar!

The judges, meanwhile, immediately vacated the court, and vanished behind the protection of the state.

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