Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected of masterminding the massacre at a Bali disco, was asked if he had anything to say to the relatives of the victims, and he said, "My message to the families is please convert to Islam as soon as possible"--in order to avoid the fate of everyone who died in the blast and went to hell. He then blamed the United States for the bombing, held a prayer service in which he prayed for Osama bin Laden, and said that in the future it won't matter anyway, because the new Islamic government of Indonesia will ban all night clubs. Then he checked into a hospital to avoid being questioned by Jakarta police--right before we were going to ask him who he liked in the World Series.
November 1, 2002 5:11 AM
