Abu Bakar Bashir

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.  

INDONESIA: Umar Patek, an Indonesian accused of the 2002 Bali bombings, goes on trial in Jakarta on Monday.Umar is an alleged member of Southeast Asia's Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, and the ...  

The trial has begun in Jakarta of the top suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings: a militant known as Demolition Man for his expertise with explosives. Umar Patek is being tried for his role in the nightclub blasts and is also accused of seeking out and ...  

Umar Patek, an alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, has gone on trial in Indonesia. Patek is believed to be a key member of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group blamed for the attacks and linked to al-Qaeda, reports the BBC.  

Jakarta - An Indonesian accused of assembling bombs used in the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks went on trial on Monday. Umar Patek, 45, is accused of involvement in several attacks and terrorism plots in Indonesia since 2000, and could face the ...  

JAKARTA – An Islamic militant captured in the same Pakistan town where US forces killed Osama bin Laden went on trial in Indonesia on Monday, accused of making bombs that exploded at Bali nightclubs packed with Australian tourists in 2002, killing 202 ...  

A Muslim militant arrested in the same Pakistani town where US commandos later killed Osama bin Laden stood trial in Indonesia Monday on charges including murder for the 2002 Bali bombings. Umar Patek, 45, faces five other counts, including bomb-making and ...  

The air raid struck an Islamic extremists camp located near the town of Parang (Jolo), killing 15 terrorists. Among the dead Zulfifli bin Hir, head of Jemaah Islamiah, Gumbahali Jumdail, leader of Abu Sayyaf and Mumanda Ali, one of the authors of the Bali bombing. In the coming days DNA tests to ...  

The trial of key Jemaah Islamiah operative Umar Patek in relation to a string of terrorism offences, including the 2002 Bali bombings, will begin in Jakarta next week. Prosecutors, who earlier this week handed over a 50-page indictment against Patek over a ...  

JAKARTA (AFP) - An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people allegedly used simple household tools to assemble bombs, a prosecutor said on Saturday. Related StoriesSuu Kyi on campaign trail for own parliament seatMyanmar frees monk held for questioningExcited crowds greet Suu Kyi on campaign trailIndonesia must guarantee press freedom: Rights groupThai student on hunger strike over royal insult law  

(AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings is scheduled to go on trial next week on terrorism and murder charges, a court official said Thursday. Umar Patek, 41, was Asia's most ...  

MANILA - The Philippine military said it killed three leaders - one of them a Singaporean - of the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups Jemaah Islamiah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf in an air strike in the southern Philippines on Thursday.Related StoriesMan arrested for threatening to burn wife over affairWater supply in Sentosa disrupted on Friday morningFormer deputy PM & PAP founding member Toh Chin Chye diesDragons on parade at this year's ChingayFormer...  

JAKARTA - An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people allegedly used simple household tools to assemble bombs, a prosecutor said Saturday. Umar Patek, 45, was extradited to Indonesia after his arrest last year in the ...  

Death and disaster unleashed a flood of news in 2011Narromine NewsAfter Osama bin Laden, the second-most notorious terrorist in Australia's eyes also met his comeuppance in 2011, as Abu Bakar Bashir - the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah - was found guilty of inciting and financing terrorism. ...and more »  

RIP, Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)Daily MaverickWhich is another way of saying that we used the same fixer in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he had travelled to write about the ghastly Bali bombings in 2002. Some years later, Jason, our mutual enabler, told me that the Hitch never left the couch in the ...and more »