MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

“JAKARTA, May 25 (Reuters) – Indonesian Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir used his final defence against charges of funding a militant group on Wednesday to denounce the United States for trying to stop Islamic preaching in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for the frail Bashir, 72, who delivered a piercing speech accusing the government of being under U.S. influence.

Bashir does not command widespread support in Indonesia, but the speech could inflame hardcore Islamists who have already vowed reprisal attacks following the U.S. killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan…

Bashir ended his speech with a prayer to crush those he considered enemies of Indonesian Muslims.

‘Lord, you have showered the infidels, the zionists, the Americans, the Europeans and their allies with wealth, technology and strong-arm equipment but it was used instead to attack your religion and slaughter your fighters…  exterminate wealth, technology, and lock dead their heart, because they are faithless and therefore deserve bitter torture from you.'” Read more.