Bashir blames CIA for Indonesian blasts

[rooboy]

Indonesian prosecutors are due to recommend a sentence today for alleged terror group chief Abu Bakar Bashir, as the Muslim cleric accused US intelligence of carrying out deadly bombings in Bali and Jakarta.

Bashir, a Muslim cleric who is accused of leading Jemaah Islamiah (JI), faces 20 years if convicted of trying to topple the government through terrorism and to establish an Islamic state.

In a radio interview before the hearing, he said his trial has produced no proof of his guilt.

"The issue now is the extremely high likelihood that foreigners have intervened in it," Bashir told Elshinta radio.

The 64-year-old cleric alleged that the US Central Intelligence Agency was behind last week's car bombing of the American-run JW Marriott hotel, which killed 11 people.

"I am very certain that the CIA was behind the Bali bomb and this one, the hotel last week. I'm certain of it," Bashir said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s922618.htm

[w4rma]

1. They don't trust our CIA overseas. True or false, he might get off

with that defense.

[rman]

2. wouldn't surprise me

it's exactly the sort of thing the CIA does. If you can't send in politicians, and you can't send in the army, send in the CIA; para-militairy operations. They did this in south america; place bombs in churches and blame it on some party they wanted removed. Not on their own initiative btw.
"the oldest trick in the book is make an enemy"
(set the Reichstag on fire, crash planes in skyscrapers, what else is new.)

I also would not be surprised if Taylor's accusation that the US is financing rebels in order to secure diamonds and gold in Liberia, is true.

[teryang]

3. Indonesia is a wealthy country

...in a strategic location. It is has been subject to CIA manipulation and interference for decades. There is little doubt in my mind that the west wants to weaken it and tear it apart.

[rooboy]

4. Yep....

I think the west wants the military back in charge in Jakarta. East Timor's independence was an "accident" that they don't want to repeat...