I don't know Mukhlas, Israeli spies were targeted: Imam
\nor
\nImam wanted to kill partying Israeli spies, Americans<\/p>\n
I Wayan Juniartha
\nand Ade Siboro
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nDenpasar\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Imam Samudra suspected team leader of the Oct. 12 terror bombing
\nin Bali, denied knowing other main suspect Mukhlas alias Ali
\nGufron who has previously admitted to channeling US$30,000 from
\nMalaysian Wan Min to finance the bombing.<\/p>\n
Imam, whose real name is Abdul Azis, also denied that the bomb
\nblasts had anything to do with Mukhlas, the older brother of
\nAmrozi, also a suspect in the bombing case. All three, along with
\nfour other suspects who were apprehended in Klaten, Central Java,
\nlast week, are being held at the Bali Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Qadhar Faisal from the Muslim Lawyer Team who
\naccompanied Samudra in the police interrogation here on Friday
\nsaid that with the confession, his client also denied that he had
\nreceived funds from Mukhlas.<\/p>\n
\"No, Imam did not admit receiving funds from Wan Min through
\nMukhlas. He (Imam) admitted to robbing a gold shop in Serang,
\nBanten, to finance the bombing,\" he said after the police
\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n
The investigative team has sent several investigators to
\nMalaysia to seek a clarification about Mukhlas's confession
\nregarding Wan Min who has already been arrested by Malaysian
\nPolice.<\/p>\n
Qadhar said that according to Imam's confession, Mukhlas was
\nnot involved in making the explosives used to bomb the Paddy's
\nCafe and Sari Club.<\/p>\n
\"I do know the so-called Solo (Surakarta, Central Java) Group
\nand those who were involved in the Bali bombing from the group
\nwere Idris, Dulmatin alias Amar Usman and Amrozi. That is all,\"
\nhe quoted Imam as saying.<\/p>\n
Dulmatin is still at large while Idris and Amrozi were put in
\nseparate cells in the police detention house here.<\/p>\n
Qadhar said further that Imam, who admitted to being the
\nmastermind of the bombing, also confessed that the explosives
\nwere assembled by Dulmatin and the explosive materials were
\nsupplied by Amrozi from chemical shops in Surabaya, but did not
\nknow where the bombs were assembled.<\/p>\n
He said that when asked about the motives, Imam admitted
\nhating the United States which he said was a true terrorist.<\/p>\n
\"United States is a terrorist which has, for a long time,
\ninsulted Islam and so we chose to bomb Paddy's and Sari Club
\nbecause the two venues were frequently visited by American
\ncitizens and Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) men,\" Qadhar quoted
\nImam as saying.<\/p>\n
Seven U.S. citizens were killed and no Israeli agents or
\ncitizens were among the dead, however dozens of Indonesians and
\nAustralians were killed in the attack. Israelis are barred from
\nentering Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Semarang, National Police Chief Gen. Da'i
\nBachtiar questioned whether Imam and Amrozi had acted alone in
\nthe series of blasts that rocked other cities in the country
\nsince 2000.<\/p>\n
\"Is it possible that the series of bombings were the idea of
\nonly Imam Samudra or Amrozi?\" he asked.<\/p>\n
He said the police had found important documents connecting
\nthe series of bomb blasts as part of Jamaah Islamiyah's
\nactivities in the country. \"Amrozi confessed that the funds came
\nfrom Malaysia, and all the suspects of the separate blasts knew
\none another,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In a related development, the Supreme Court will send three
\njustices to Bali to monitor all preparations for the planned
\ntrial of the Bali bombing until the suspects are taken to court
\nin accordance with the law.<\/p>\n
Chief justice Bagir Manan said the three justices, Paulus E.
\nLotulung, Toton Suprapto and Geerman H. Hudiarto would be sent in
\nthe near future and the close monitoring was needed since the
\ncase had attracted the world's attention.<\/p>",
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