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CONVICTED. ABU BAKAR BASHIR, 66, jailed Islamic cleric suspected by the U.S. of heading an al-Qaeda-linked terrorism group in Southeast Asia; of one count of criminal conspiracy in the October 2002 attacks in a Bali nightclub that killed 202; by a five-judge panel in Jakarta. At the same time, Bashir was cleared of terrorism charges related to the August 2003 bombing of a Marriott Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12, and the more serious charge of directing the Bali attacks. Sentenced to 30 months in prison, he was given credit for the 10 months he had already...
...While GAM is willing to relinquish its goal of complete independence, the rebels have rejected Jakarta's formulation for provincial autonomy, saying they want much more local control of Acehnese affairs...
...NAMED. LIEUTENANT GENERAL DJOKO SANTOSO, 52, as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian army; in a military shake-up in which President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also named new chiefs of the air force and navy; in Jakarta. Santoso replaces hard-liner General Ryamizard Ryacudu and is considered a top candidate to replace the soon-to-retire General Endriartono Sutarto as overall commander of the armed forces. Some see his selection as a move by Yudhoyono to gain greater control over the military, Indonesia's most powerful institution...
...only hope the disaster has opened their eyes to how little this conflict means compared to the devastation and sorrow of the people." FACHRY ALI, Jakarta-based political analyst, on the effect of the Dec. 26 tsunami on talks last week between the Indonesian government and Acehnese separatists...
...French police captured him in Paris last July. He is accused of accepting $2.59 million in bribes from an arms dealer and funneling the money to the then-ruling Christian Democratic Party. Pfahls, who fought extradition unsuccessfully in the French courts, is believed to have lived in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Madrid and Montreal since the issue of an international arrest warrant...