Hey, guys, thanks for letting Mr. Bloodthirsty out. All he did was cause the murder of hundreds of Australians, but hey, a few years in jail and he’s a changed man, right?
JAKARTA – A reputed leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group said Monday that Indonesia should send Islamic holy warriors to Israel to punish it for unleashing airstrikes in Palestinian territories.
“Israel is the enemy of Allah,” militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told hundreds of members of the Muslim-based Crescent Star Party in the capital Jakarta. “That is why Indonesia should send holy warriors there.”
I guess the good news is that Indonesians generally don’t look Israeli. Or Arab. Oh, wait. They look like the foreign workers that Israel imported after the palestinians kept murdering their bosses and coworkers.
And in the “Ya think?” category, the AP adds this redundant paragraph:
His release from prison last month raised concerns that he would energize Indonesia’s small, Islamic radical fringe by making impassioned speeches at rallies and mosques.
Tell us again how this guy isn’t a danger to anyone.
And that “small, Islamic radical fringe” has a hell of a body count and is probaly pretty close to taking over parts of the country. But I suppose those are only “fringes.”