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More than 4,000 Indonesians have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip to fight Israel. The Islamic Defenders Front began the drive late last week. “One of the obligations is a willingness to be a martyr,” the group’s secretary-general said.

A song recorded on a cell phone in prison by Jemaah Islamiya operative Imam Samudra has become a top hit in Indonesia. Samudra was one of the three Bali bombers executed earleir this month. The song was released on the Internet after his execution and is being downloaded as a mobile phone ringtone.

Abu Dujana, the captured leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, testified that he trained Agus Purwanto and Abu Husna at a terror camp in Moro, the Philippines in 1999. “They learned basic military training including how to use guns, as well as knowledge of sharia and jihad,” Dujana said. Husna, Purwanto, and another operative named Parmin are […]

Indonesia Islamists made veiled threats after the execution of three Bali bombers. “At the moment our jihad is to transmit the words of the Koran,” said Abdul Rochim, the son of Abu Bakar Bashir, Jemaah Islamiyah’s spiritual leader. “But if the infidels attack us, we are ready to fight.”

Hundreds of Muslim supporters of Bali bombers Amrozi, Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra clashed with police after their bodies were returned to their families. Rioters shouted “Jihad” as they paraded the bodies through the streets. Hundreds of police were driven from the towns.

Indonesia executed the three convicted members of Jemaah Islamiyah for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim, and Ali Ghufron were killed this afternoon after appeals for a stay were turned down. The bombings were funded by al Qaeda.

Police are investigating threats by Muslim terrorists to conduct attacks if the Bali bombers are executed. A website published a letter by the three Bali bombers that claimed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would be assassinated, while text messages said the US and Australian embassies would be bombed.

Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi told a CNN that he had “no regrets whatsoever,” about the attacks and said others would strike again. “My message for Australians; don’t you come to places like that ever again. I’m sure that my colleagues will bomb it again.” The bombers also urged supporters to kill those who executed them.

The five members of an Islamist terror cell arrested in Jakarta earlier this week were reportedly trained by Malaysian-born Jemaah Islamiyah bomb maker Azahari Husin. The cell was targeting the Pertamina fuel depot in Plumpang in north Jakarta.

Indonesia has charged Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Abu Husna, Agus Purwanto, and Parmin with training fighters and assisting in the Bali bombings. Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Amrozi, Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra may face a firing squad next week. The three were convicted for involvement with the Bali bombings.