Readings on bin Laden part 5: No end to leader's bloody legacy | The Australian

No end to leader's bloody legacy | The Australian: "Among the terrorist groups in Southeast Asia trained and financed by al-Qa'ida was Jemaah Islamiah. Led by Abu Bakar Bashir, an Indonesian radical cleric, JI killed 202 innocent people, including 88 Australians, in Bali on October 12, 2002. Almost all the JI leaders who planned and prepared the Bali attack as well as the dozen other attacks staged in Indonesia were indoctrinated and trained by al-Qa'ida. After the Bali attack, the Australian government built an offshore counter terrorism capacity in Indonesia and in The Philippines to fight al-Qa'ida-associated groups such as JI and the Abu Sayyaf Group. As JI was particularly close to al-Qa'ida, both bin Laden and his associates threatened Australia for its role that gave a significant capacity to governments in the region to fight terrorism."