Bashir’s release and its implications
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Indonesian cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, yesterday walked out of a Jakarta prison, after serving 25 months for his involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings. Associate professor at Hawaii’s Asia Pacific Centre for security studies, Doctor Greg Barton, spoke about the ramifications of Bashir’s release. He says the Muslim cleric is only as dangerous as we make him out to be, by giving him such a high public profile.
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