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Something wrong when a government lets terrorists become celebrities

The long-delayed execution of the three Bali bombers ends one of the strangest sagas in Indonesia's legal history. It is not unusual that Mukhlas, Amrozi and Imam Samudra were put to death five years after their sentencing; many Indonesians on death row have waited far longer.

What is bizarre is that these Jemaah Islamiah members became celebrities before they died...

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Pilgrim site planned for Bali bombers

A WEALTHY supporter of the Bali bombers wants to create a jihadi cemetery for the three men and other "holy warriors". Cecep Hermawan, a businessman and activist in Indonesia's radical Islamist movement, says he wants it to become a site where "pilgrims" can pay their respects to "those who fought for the existence of Islamic sharia, those that paid with their life". He has offered a hectare of land in the city of Cianjur, West Java.

[GCW: Global Cultural War - are we fighting it?]

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