Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded...

Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded the bombing of two Bali nightclubs which killed 202 people, was sentenced to death.
Judge Ifa Sudewi said there were no mitigating factors and Samudra had committed "an extraordinary crime and a crime against humanity." Samudra yelled "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) as paramilitary police gripped his arms and led him out of court. "Go to hell, kafir (infidels)" he shouted in Arabic.
"The defendant is seen as playing a dominant role in the Bali bomb blasts and therefore the judges declare that he is the intellectual actor behind the Bali bomb explosions," Sudewi said.
The Afghanistan-trained Samudra, who wore a white Muslim shirt and black cap, has said previously he would welcome death as bringing him closer to God. But Qadhar Faisal, one of his lawyers, told reporters he had instructed them before the verdict to appeal any death sentence.
He was the second Bali bomber to be sentenced to death for the attack after Amrozi was given the death penalty on August 7.