Samudra clashes with relatives

Noted & Quoted in: The Sydney Morning Herald

Noted & Quoted by: Wayne Miller in Denpasar and Barren Goodsir

Sydney Morning Herald

Louie Zervos, 32, of Marrickville, held up a photograph of his sister Louiza and his cousins Dimmy and Elizabeth Kotronakis, who were killed in the October 12 bombings.

Samudra did not appear to see the photograph but screamed loudly, "With Mecca, with the kabah (Muslim people), destroy Christians, destroy America, destroy Jews," as Mr Zervos muttered oaths under his breath.

Outside the court, Mr Zervos said: "I just wanted him to see what he did", referring to the photograph. "[But] he didn't even look at me."

Away from the court proceedings, it was reported that two tourist resorts within 500 metres of the site of the bombings were identified in a United States report on likely terrorist targets only weeks before the attacks.

According to the Canadian-based journal, The Asian Pacific Post US military and intelligence experts and academics predicted in an official report last September a host of terrorist targets in eight countries, including Indonesia and Australia.

The article claimed the report was passed to Australia's intelligence agencies. Last night they said they were unaware of the document's existence.

The article said the intelligence report, Combined Analysis of Potential Foreign Strike Zones, identified six Bali targets, including the Sahid Bali Seaside Resort and the Hard Rock Hotel.

Both are close to the Sari Club and Paddy's Irish pub in Kuta.

The Post said the report had been written by officials from the FBI, CIA, National Security Agency, US military intelligence and academics and consultants.

The document--and its list of targets--has been referred to before in Asian newspapers.

The journal said the US report tallied with a briefing given to the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, last June, in which an analyst from the Office of National Assessments warned that Bali, Riau and Singapore were likely targets for the terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah. Police have blamed JI for the Bali bombings.

The nature of the intelligence known before the Bali attacks--and whether more specific travel warnings should have been issued--is currently the subject of a Senate inquiry.

A spokeswoman for the Attorney-General, Daryl Williams, said last year's review by Bill Blick, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, found there was no prior intelligence warning. She said Australian agencies were not aware of the document referred to in the journal article.

The key witness against Samudra yesterday was to have been Amrozi, but as a co-accused, he took up his right to remain silent.

However, the prosecutor was permitted to read a precis of his police statement, which outlined his involvement with Samudra, including planning the Bali attacks and buying chemicals and vehicles on Samudra's orders.

The trial was adjourned until Wednesday.