Bali Bombers - their apologies

Further to my note about the Bali Bomb. Just see what the bombers are saying: Welcome to Islamism as a terrorist ideology. You will die, whether you are Muslim or Christian, Male or Female, Adult or Child. But the murderers will express regret if you are a Muslim victim.

JAKARTA: Two of the three Muslim militants on death row for involvement in
the 2002 Bali bombings have said they were sorry for killing fellow Muslims,
while insisting their deadly attack had gone according to plan.

In an interview at their remote island prison, taped secretly by national TV channel Lativi, Imam Samudra, 37, and Amrozi, 45, said it was regrettable Muslims were among the 202 killed on the resort island's nightclub attacks.

"Yes, I regret (the Muslim deaths)... I cried," Samudra said in the interview aired on Wednesday night. But he added that he had bowed "in grace" after the blasts were detonated.

Amrozi also admitted his regret but he repeated a joke made in bad taste while being tried in court, answering when asked whether he regretted the attacks that he was sorry "only 200" were killed.

"I am fasting for two months consecutively, it's to prove that I regret that Muslims
were killed. Please say I am sorry for the Muslim victims," said the convict, who has in the past apologised to the families of the Muslims killed.

The Islamic militant was dubbed "the laughing bomber" during his trial
for his apparent indifference to victims.

Nevertheless, he said the attacks "scenario was as planned." The trio are being held at Nusa Kambangan prison off the south coast of Java island, where they were moved from Bali for security reasons.

Two Lativi staff members posed as relatives of the convicts and accompanied their family members to gain access to the men. They were granted the visit at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in October as part of a normal programme allowing such visits then.

Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the three in August but
no date has so far been set for their executions. Their last chance of
avoiding a firing squad will be to appeal for clemency from the president, but
they have not done so yet and insisted they are willing to die.

The attack on two crowded nightclubs was carried out by the then al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group to avenge perceived injustices to Muslims
worldwide. Most victims were foreign tourists, including 88 Australians

All this to be taken with a grain of piquant salt!!!