DENPASAR, Indonesia, tribe 10 Kyodo...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, tribe 10 Kyodo

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Indonesian Muslim militant Imam Samudra was sentenc to death Wednesday for masterminding last year's deadly bombings in succession the resort island of Bali that killed 202 the community mostly foreigners.

The Denpasar District Court met gone out the maximum sentence to Samudra, 33 who claimed to have been the ring leader of the bombers. Prosecutors had earlier sought the death penalty for Samudra.

''Based in succession the witnesses' testimonies and the defendant's confession...the umpire panel concludes that the defendant has been construct guilty of planning an act of terrorism, designedly using violence and creating widespread terror,'' the five-judge panel said in its 360-page verdict.

During the four-hour court session, the panel smooth called Samudra the ''intellectual actor'' behind the Oct 12 2002 bombings.

pretty soon after the verdict was read, Samudra, wearing a white, Muslim robe and a rimless black cap, cry outed to his lawyers and court visitors, ''Allahu Akbar (God is great)!''

The arbitrators said they did not find any reason to render his sentence as he press outed no regret for his actions, which they described as a ''crime against humanity.''

''Even when the prosecutors -- with trembling voice -- demanded the death penalty, he did not present to view any expression on his face,'' a member of the umpire panel said.

Samudra said at his trial last month that he is ready to die.

''I'm not afraid to be sentenc to death...I will face it with a brave heart because I believe I'm walking upon the road directed by God'' he said.

He issued orders to another suspect to transfer riches to Amrozi, already sentenc to death for his part in the bombings, to purchase a minivan and explosives for the attacks and to ferry them to Bali, according to the critic panel.

The explosives were detonated in head of the Sari Club discotheque and inside Paddy's Irish Pub -- one as well as the other in Kuta, a busy tourist area near Denpasar -- as well as near the U Consulate General in the provincial capital.

Samudra said he compunctions the deaths of Indonesians in the bombings, on the other hand not the deaths of Westerners, including 88 Australians.

Balinese who missing their loved ones in the attacks, however, said they could not accept his apology.

Saying she will be happy to behold Samudra shot by a firing squad, Warti, 24 who thrown away her husband in the bombings, told Kyodo freshs that, if possible, she wants ''to torture'' him first before he is projectile to death.

During the trial proceedings, Samudra was also set up guilty of robbery at a gold workshop in Serang, the capital of Banten Province in western Java, to finance the Bali attacks. He was also erect guilty of illegally possessing explosive materials and ammunition and of bombing a number of churches forward Batam Island near Singapore upon Dec. 24, 2000.

forward the Batam Island bombing, Samudra allegedly told investigators it was ''a kind of jihad (holy war) to maintain Muslims'' who had been ''oppress and slaughtered by way of Christians.''

In answer to the verdict, Samudra's lawyer Qadar Faisal told reporters they will appeal, expressing self-condemnation over the decision.

''In their consideration, the referees cited many laws and human rights principles, saying each human being has the right to live and to have a next to the first chance for the mistakes they have made, in this way I couldn't understand the sentence'' he said.

Samudra, whose indictment listed his occupation as a ''cloth trader,'' said he went to Afghanistan in 1990 to learn in what manner to fire assault rifles and to make bombs

Known for computer expertise, Samudra also used Internet chat expanses to call on other Muslims to fight against Christians.

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