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Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-allied Jemaah Islamiah, visited the three Bali bombers on death row. “I am worried there will be a huge disaster if Indonesia still wants to execute these three,” Bashir said in a press conference. “Because they three are mujahid (Islamic fighters).” He served 30 months in jail for his involvement with the 2002 Bali bombings.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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