Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir jailed for 15 years over jihadi training camp

Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for helping to organize and fund a jihadi training camp that brought together terrorists from almost every known Indonesian extremist group.

The masterminds behind the camp in a remote area of westernmost Aceh province were allegedly intending to carry out attacks on foreigners and assassinations of moderate Muslim leaders such as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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