Word: denpasar
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...SENTENCED. Ali Imron, 33, key planner of last year's Bali bombing; to life in prison for "planning, conspiring and organizing an act of terrorism"; in Denpasar, Indonesia. Imron is the third principal in the Bali case-including his older brother Amrozi-to be sentenced. He has expressed remorse, leading a panel of five judges to spare him from execution...
...Marriott bombing, and the jitters over fresh terrorist plots, come at a particularly tense time for Indonesia. Last week, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the first man arrested in connection with the Bali bombings, was sentenced to death by a court in the island's capital, Denpasar. Meanwhile, a verdict is imminent for Abubakar Ba'asyir, the alleged spiritual head of JI, who is charged with treason and bombings unrelated to Bali. A conviction for the revered cleric?who denies that JI exists, although he did concede late in his trial that he believed attacks on Christian churches were permissible...
CHARGED. AMROZI, 39; with involvement in the October 2002 Bali bombings; in Denpasar, Indonesia. State prosecutors said the East Java native bought bombmaking materials and the vehicle used in the blasts that killed 202 people. Last November, Amrozi was the first of the Bali suspects to be caught. (At a press conference after his arrest, he told police, "I am a naughty person.") Since then police have arrested 28 others, including Amrozi's brothers Ali Ghufron and Ali Imron. Amrozi's trial is scheduled to begin on May 12 under new Indonesian antiterrorism laws that carry a maximum sentence...
...source familiar with a Nov. 15 interrogation, Amrozi disclosed that the target of the group's main bomb was changed at the last moment by the intervention of three mysterious strangers. Originally, Amrozi told his captors, the group had planned to target only the U.S. consulate in Denpasar, Bali's capital. But the strangers suggested that only a token bomb be left at the empty consulate; the main effort was to be concentrated on the Kuta bars...
...police's secret most wanted list. (After testifying, the 39-year-old mechanic signed the 70-plus-page transcript with a flourish, bizarrely adding a grinning smiley face next to his name.) Originally, Amrozi told his captors, the group had planned to target only the U.S. consulate in Denpasar, Bali's capital. The newcomers were "as smart as Samudra," Amrozi emphasized, leading the police to believe they were of the same or higher rank. Amrozi was surprised to discover that Samudra wasn't the one calling the shots. Before these men arrived, Amrozi said in the interrogation, Samudra was talking...