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Convicted Bali bomber says he would 'butcher' Australian prime minister
Sat May 22, 1:01 PM ET
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - In an interview from death row in Indonesia, Bali bomber Mukhlas said he would "butcher" Australian Prime Minister John Howard if he was given the chance.
"If John Howard appears before me, I'll butcher him," Mukhlas, whose real name is Ali Ghufron, said in an interview for TV Nine Network's Sunday current affairs program.
Excerpts of the interview, which was conducted in Indonesian and translated for the program, were released Saturday.
Mukhlas was sentenced to death last year for his role in the Oct. 12, 2002, nightclub bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
He said increased security and terror fears in Australia meant terrorists had struck a key blow against the country.
"In Australia why would they want to guard the harbours and the railways?" he said. "This is a curse from God, they be afraid of their own shadow. Just imagine, people are scared of their own shadow. It's the victory for the terrorists."
Australia has spent hundreds of millions of dollars bolstering security at airports, ports and other potential terror targets as well as beefing up counterterror military units and spy agencies since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
But Mukhlas suggested terror attacks would continue against Australians and Americans.
"America and Australia and the rest only understand the language of force, the language of bombs," he said.
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Sat May 22, 1:01 PM ET
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - In an interview from death row in Indonesia, Bali bomber Mukhlas said he would "butcher" Australian Prime Minister John Howard if he was given the chance.
"If John Howard appears before me, I'll butcher him," Mukhlas, whose real name is Ali Ghufron, said in an interview for TV Nine Network's Sunday current affairs program.
Excerpts of the interview, which was conducted in Indonesian and translated for the program, were released Saturday.
Mukhlas was sentenced to death last year for his role in the Oct. 12, 2002, nightclub bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
He said increased security and terror fears in Australia meant terrorists had struck a key blow against the country.
"In Australia why would they want to guard the harbours and the railways?" he said. "This is a curse from God, they be afraid of their own shadow. Just imagine, people are scared of their own shadow. It's the victory for the terrorists."
Australia has spent hundreds of millions of dollars bolstering security at airports, ports and other potential terror targets as well as beefing up counterterror military units and spy agencies since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
But Mukhlas suggested terror attacks would continue against Australians and Americans.
"America and Australia and the rest only understand the language of force, the language of bombs," he said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ia_bali_bomber
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