The Jakarta Post, 4/14/2004 5:54:30 PM
Bali bomber says he has no regrets over deadly attack
DENPASAR, Bali (AP): An Indonesian militant sentenced to death for his role in the
deadly 2002 Bali bombings says he wants Australians and Americans to "feel the
pain" and that his execution by firing squad will send him to paradise, where he will
have dozens of women.
"I want the Australian people and the U.S. people (to) feel the pain. I also want to say
to them: 'I win,'" Imam Samudra told The Associated Press in his prison on the
Indonesian resort island.
The Oct. 12, 2002, attacks killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. The
al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah has been blamed for
the carnage.
Indonesian police, as well as some foreign relatives of the dead, have said that if
Samudra is executed, he'll be considered a martyr and a hero in the eyes of fellow
radicals.
"We kill to get peace," Samudra said in the interview. "(I'm) very, very happy, (to die)
because it's the key to paradise. Everything will be very, very nice," he added.
Samudra also said there were many more militants willing to attack Australia and
personally target Prime Minister John Howard, U.S. President George W. Bush, and
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in the name of Islam.
"(There are) more than a billion Imam Samudras around the world who will attack
Australia...who will kill John Howard, Bush...Tony Blair...ready with their souls, their
bombs, their guns," he said.
Samudra is one of three militants sentenced to death over the blasts.
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