7 al-Qaeda in Aceh members, allegedly planning Mumbai-style attacks, sentenced from 5 to 8 years in jail. 2 of them attacked US teachers, Red Cross and UN in Ache. 5 others trained at terror camp.

From AFP,

The court heard that the group, which was believed to be training to carry out Mumbai-style attacks by small groups of suicide gunmen, had also targeted political figures in the capital Jakarta.

Two men involved in a shooting that wounded German Red Cross staffer Erhard Bauer in Aceh last year, received the stiffest punishment of eight years in jail.

The two, Andri Marlan Syahputra and Chairul Fuadi, were also found guilty of taking part in a shooting of a house rented by two US student teachers and a grenade attack at the United Nations office in the provincial capital.

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Source: AFP

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Comments: The sentences seems very light.

The UN, Red Cross and US teachers were probably there to help Ache recover from the 2004 earth quake and tsunami that killed possibly over 200,000 there and that's the thank they get from the Islamic terrorists.

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Some previous similar or related stories:

Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir charged with terror offenses, including “inciting” terrorism, in relation to Ache terror camp [Bashir was the founding member of Jemaah Islamiah terror group]

Anis Saputra, 24, and Kiki Hanafilia, 17, both married, caned under Islamic sharia law for kissing each other in Aceh province, Indonesia [Islamic sharia law is in place in Ache]

Four Taliban suicide bombers dead in attack on UN base in Herat, Afghanistan [Taliban declared earlier this year that all foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, along with Afghans working for them were legitimate targets.]

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