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· 22-07-2008: Paperwork for execution Amrozi and friends being prepared
· 21-07-2008: Attorney General: 'Amrozi and friends won't make it until Lebaran'

17 July 2008 - A court official with the Bali court has said that the final appeal by the three Islamic militants that are convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings has been rejected, bringing them closer to being executed. The head of the court, Nyoman Gede Wirya, said that the men now formally had to ask the president for clemency if they want to avoid the death penalty.
· 17-07-2008: Indonesia rejects Bali bombers final appeal

9 May 2008 - Indonesian prosecutors said on Friday that Central Java has been selected for the venue to execute three convicted militants in death row for their key roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. "We are now asking approval from the Ministry of Justice," deputy attorney general Abdul Halim Ritonga was quoted by leading news website Detikcom as saying.
· 19-05-2008: Top terrorist Noordin Top may have fled Indonesia
· 09-05-2008: Prosecutors choose Central Java to execute Bali bombers

22 April 2008 - A court in Indonesia has sentenced two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network to 15 years in prison. The network is blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings. The self-proclaimed leaders, Abu Dujana and Zarkasih, were centenced in the district court of South Jakarta.Both were arrested in separate police raids in June 2007. They were finally found guilty of helping terrorists and possessing, storing and moving weapons.
· 22-04-2008: Indonesia jails leaders of terrorist Jemaah Islamiyah

26 March 2008 - The Indonesian Attorney Generals Office (AGO) said Tuesday the execution of three convicted Bali bombers must wait their decision whether or not they ask a presidential pardon. "They have said earlier they will never ask for a presidential pardon. But if they will, then we must wait," AGO spokesman Bonaventura Nainggolan told reporters here.
· 25-03-2008: Bali bombers execution not in near future

9 November 2007 - President Yudhoyono said that the death sentence for three Islamic militants, which are currently on death row for their part in the 2002 Bali bombings, must be carried out. With this he clearly indicates that there is no way of granting them clemency. Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Gufron face execution by a firing squad after the Supreme Court rejected their final appeal.
· 09-11-2007: Yudhoyono: 'Bali bombers must be executed'

10 October 2007 - The three Bali bombers on death row in Bali are likely to be executed even if a court revokes the law permitting executions, a human rights campaigner says. Islamic militants Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and the so-called smiling terrorist Amrozi, are on death row in Indonesia for their parts in the October 2002 nightclub bombings.
· 10-10-2007: Three Bali bombers 'likely to die'

Members from Jemaah Islamiyah arrested
13 June 2007 - The Indonesian police confirmed Wednesday that Abu Dujana, suspected of being military leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group, had been arrested and was in custody in Banyumas, Central Java.
· 16-06-2007: Indonesia arrests Jemaah Islamiyah chief
· 13-06-2007: Top terrorist Dujana arrested in Indonesia
· 10-06-2007: Police arrest terrorist Yusron, close aide to Dujana

Yogyakarta terror cell
4 April 2007 - Police in Yogyakarta say they have found maps and charts mapping the structure of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast-Asian extremist branch of Al-Qaeda, responsible for terror attacks including those on Bali in 2002. A board governed the group, according to the photocopied charts, which contain handwritings of suspected group leader Abu Dujana.
· 04-04-2007: Police finds more material related to Jemaah Islamiyah
· 02-04-2007: Al-Qaeda-linked troup trained on Mount Sumbing
· 31-03-2007: Police say explosives found bigger than Bali bomb
· 23-03-2007: Huge stash of weapons found in Yogyakarta
· 21-03-2007: Terror suspect killed by police in Yogyakarta

Other related news
29 January 2007 - Renewed trouble in Indonesia's central Sulawesi island, long the site of deadly Christian-Muslim rivalry, underscores how communal tensions may help reinvigorate the country's militant Islamic movement
· 20-02-2007: Central Sulawesi situation may be exploding soon
· 19-02-2007: Preachers and revenge push terror in Indonesia
· 04-02-2007: Indonesia to be allowed access to militant Hambali
· 02-02-2007: Police arrest two wanted Muslim militants
· 29-01-2007: Poso violence could help Indonesia militants regroup

7 December 2006 - Three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings have until the end of this month to file appeals with the Supreme Court before they are executed, the attorney-general said on Wednesday. "It is proper enough for the attorney-general's office to wait until the end of this month on whether they would file for a judicial review. If they don't file, the process will go forward," Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said.
· 08-12-2006: Bali bombers file new appeal to Indonesia court
· 07-12-2006: Indonesia gives Bali bombers last chance for appeal
· 27-11-2006: The Philippines deports terrorist's wife to Indonesia
· 23-11-2006: Militant sentenced for harboring top terrorist leader
· 20-11-2006: Indonesia issues terror warning ahead of Bush visit

18 November 2006 - Melbourne cleric Mohammed Omran held talks with Jemaah Islamiah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir in Indonesia as part of a longstanding alliance between groups headed by the two men. The meeting, which followed earlier talks between the pair in Melbourne, was revealed to the Australian Federal Police in a written account provided by one of Sheik Omran's followers, who was later arrested on terrorism charges.
· 18-11-2006: Omran held talks with JI leader Bashir in Indonesia

9 November 2006 -Attorney General's Office is giving the lawyers of the three 2002 Bali bombing convicts until the end of the month to file for a Supreme Court review of their cases or it will set an execution date in the near future. "The date will be set if there is no further legal intervention from their lawyers along the way," said attorney general Abdul Rahman.
· 09-11-2006: Bombers warned to file appeal within a month or face firing squad (forum)
· 24-09-2006: 2 militants in 2002 Bali bombing freed
· 14-09-2006: Bali bomb recruiter shot dead
· 12-09-2006: Terror guide spread in Indonesia
· 08-09-2006: RI demands access to Hambali, official says

6 September 2006 - An Indonesian court on Tuesday handed down the first sentence in connection to the 2005 Bali bombings of three restaurants, which killed two dozen people and injured 200 others. Abdul Aziz, convicted of harboring Noordin Mohammed Top, a suspected terrorist linked to other bombings, was sentenced to eight years in prison.
· 06-09-2006: Militant sentenced to 8 years for 2005 Bali bombings

21 August 2006 - Indonesia has delayed the scheduled executions of three Muslim militants convicted of carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people, after their defence attorneys announced they would file a final appeal, a government spokesman said Monday.
· 21-08-2006: Indonesia delays planned execution of Bali bombers

12 July 2006 - Indonesia is preparing to execute three men convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, as their lawyers plan to lodge appeals next month. Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Gufron have been on death row for more than two years since being convicted of playing key roles in Indonesia's worst terrorist attack.
· 12-07-2006: RI prepares to execute three convicted in Bali bombings

7 May 2006 - Four suspected Islamic militants went on trial today for their alleged roles in last year’s suicide bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, attacks a prosecutor said were aimed at avenging Muslims’ deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. If found guilty, they could face the death penalty under anti-terror laws. Security was tight at the Denpasar trials, the first to be held over the triple bombings that killed 20 people and were blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah.
· 09-05-2006: Prosecutor: Bali bombings were to avenge Muslim deaths

7 May 2006 - Indonesian police arrested five people, accused of being aides of Noordin M. Top, who was claimed as the Southeast Asian No. 1 terrorist leader, in Central Sulawesi provincial capital of Palu, a report says on Sunday. The five people, who were arrested on Saturday evening, are identified as Aprianto alias Irwan, Arman alias Haris, Nano, AbdulMuis, and Asrudin, according to report of Antara news agency.
· 07-05-2006: Noordin's five aides reportedly arrested in Palu
· 01-05-2006: Police discover explosive like those used in Bali bombings
· 29-04-2006: Two shot in raid, Noordin Top gets away
· 28-04-2006: Indonesia court sentences Islamic militant to 7 years in jail
· 01-04-2006: US embassy issues warning of weekend attacks
· 31-03-2006: Australia warns of possible attack in Indonesia

13 February 2006 - A court sentenced a man to death on Monday for killing eight people in attacks in the Moluccas islands that sparked fears of sectarian bloodshed in the region, local media reported. The court in the islands' main city of Ambon said that Assep Djaja and his accomplices had carried out what it said were terrorist attacks in two villages in the islands last year and in 2004
· 13-02-2006: Indonesia court gives death to terrorism suspect

20 January 2006 - In less than 24 hours, Indonesian anti-terrorism police detained two terrorist suspects and close aides to the country's most-wanted militant, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top, local media reports said Thursday. After detaining an Indonesian militant on Wednesday afternoon, the anti-terrorist squad on Thursday morning arrested another Muslim radical in Central Java province.
· 11-02-2006: Militant linked to southeast Asia terror held
· 06-02-2006: Singapore holds terror suspect caught in Indonesia
· 04-02-2006: Police: 'Militant mastermind hiding in Indonesia'
· 20-01-2006: Indonesia detains more terrorist suspects
· 19-01-2006: Police arrest 'henchman' of alleged Malaysian terror chief
· 15-01-2006: Police: 'Malaysian bombmaker's accomplices detained'

Shootout in resort town of Batu
9 November 2005 - Indonesian police have confirmed that the Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-making Azahari bin Husin killed himself during a fierce gunbattle yesterday with security forces in Batu, East Java. Azahari, a Malaysian, was the head of JI operations, and the mastermind of both Bali bombings and other suicide attacks in Indonesia.

Bali tourist areas hit by bombs
1 October 2005 - Indonesian police are continuing to question three men arrested in connection with last month's Bali bombings. The three were taken into custody in central Java and flown to the Balinese capital Denpasar for interrogation. Police say they will face charges of assisting terrorists, which carries a jail sentence of between three and 15 years.

Australian embassy bombing
9 September 2004 - A powerful explosion outside Australia's embassy in central Jakarta left at three people dead and at least three badly injured Thursday and caused extensive damage to nearby buildings, officials and witnesses said.

Marriott Hotel bombing
5 Augustus 2003 - A powerful bomb exploded on Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m. just outside the JW Marriott Hotel on Jl. Dr Satrio in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta.

Bali terrorist attack
12 Oktober 2002 - in the late evening, a terrorist attack struck the tourist island of Bali. At least two car bombs exploded near Sari Club and Padi Club in the heart of Kuta, along Jalan Legian. Sari club was completely demolished and over 180 people were killed, several hundred were injured. Below is the latest news about bali, as well as detailed information about the location of the club and an image I personally made in July 2002.