(Analyst's note: Absolutely must read.)
But...but...didn't John Brennan, Obama's counterterrorism czar, say that "they are not jihadists, for jihad is a holy struggle"? Mohammed Jibril must be a Misunderstander of Islam. Funny how the only ones who don't know Brennan's lessons on jihad are the jihadists themselves. "'Prince of Jihad' to face bombing trial," by Adam Gartrell for AAP, February 18 (thanks to Twostellas):
An Indonesian Islamist nicknamed the "Prince of Jihad" will face trial accused of raising funds for last year's Jakarta hotel attacks but prosecutors admit they may struggle to convict him.Prosecutors will allege Mohammed Jibril was linked to terrorist Saifuddin Jaelani, also known as Saifuddin Zuhri, one of the chief planners of the July 17 bombings on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels that killed seven, including three Australians.
They will allege Jaelani received funds from a retired Saudi teacher named Al Khelaw Ali Abdullah which he passed on to Jibril to open an internet cafe in 2008.
"From this internet cafe they could generate some more money as well as using it as a way to communicate their views to the outside world," prosecutor Totok Bambang told AAP ahead of next week's trial.
Before the attacks Jibril, 25, was well-known for publishing a popular radical Islamist website and a glossy magazine called Jihadmagz.
He is the son of prominent radical cleric Abu Jibril, a former student of Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings....