Al-Qaeda bankrolled Jakarta bombing: Report<\/p>\n
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network bankrolled last year's bombing
\noutside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, a key militant charged
\nfor the attack told Indonesian police, the Australian newspaper
\nsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n
In a police interrogation, Rois, also known as Iwan Dharmawan,
\nsaid a courier had delivered a bundle of Australian dollars to
\nfugitive Malaysian bomb maker Azahari bin Husin, the newspaper
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Rois, who was arrested late last year, said Azahari told him
\nthe bombing cost as much as A$10,000 (US$7,600), and that the
\nmoney came from bin Laden.<\/p>\n
Australia was targeted because of its support for the U.S.-led
\nwar in Iraq, Rois said, according to a transcript of the police
\ninterrogation seen by the Australian newspaper.<\/p>\n
"The intention to bomb the Australian embassy was because the
\nAustralian government is the American lackey most active in
\nsupporting American policies to slaughter Muslims in Iraq. It had
\nthe aim of preventing Australia leaning on Muslims, especially in
\nIraq," Rois said.<\/p>\n
Indonesian officials could not immediately be reached for
\ncomment.<\/p>\n
Rois is on trial on charges of buying the vehicle and
\nrecruiting the driver used for the suicide car bomb attack
\noutside the embassy last September that killed 10 people.<\/p>\n
Authorities have accused Azahari of being a key figure behind
\nthe blast.<\/p>\n
He is a senior member of Jamaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian
\nmilitant group seen as al-Qaeda's arm in the region and blamed by
\nauthorities for the spate of bombings including the embassy
\nstrike and the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings.<\/p>\n
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said interviews in
\nIndonesia had found a link between al-Qaeda and Jamaah Islamiyah
\n(JI).<\/p>\n
"We know over a long period of time that al-Qaeda has been
\nsupporting and funding some of JI's operations. What we've learnt
\nfrom the questioning in Indonesia is that those linkages remain
\nin place," Ruddock told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n
Two men have so far been jailed over the embassy attack, one
\nto four years jail and the other to 42 months. They had played
\nrelatively minor roles in the blast.<\/p>\n
No foreigners were killed in the attack. The Bali bombings
\nkilled 202 people, mainly foreign tourists, including 88 from
\nAustralia. -- Reuters<\/p>",
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