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Archive Home > 2011 > June > 17 > Radical cleric Bashir sentenced to 15 years

Radical cleric Bashir sentenced to 15 years


June 17, 2011

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A leading radical Islamic cleric the United States had pressed Indonesia to prosecute for the past decade was convicted Thursday after a four-month trial on terrorism charges. The cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, 72, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for supporting a jihad....

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