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Article: Confessed Jemaah Islamiyah members say church bombings, Bali were inspired by bin Laden
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- April 3, 2004
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JASBANT SINGH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-03-2004
Dateline: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Admitting they were part of an Islamic terrorist group, four jailed Malaysians said Friday that a string of attacks against churches and other targets in Southeast Asia _ including bombings in Bali that killed 202 people _ was inspired by Osama bin Laden.
The claims, made in televised interviews, supported assertions that the Jemaah Islamiyah group is tied into al-Qaida. But comments by the suspects were denied by the accused leader of Jemaah Islamiyah and drew fire from human rights groups that warned the confessions may have been coerced.
Jemaah Islamiyah is thought to have been behind ...