Bali mastermind faces firing squad
Imam Samudra shouted "God is great" as the verdict was read by Judge Wayan Sugawa in the Indonesian courtroom, while several people cheered.
"Go to hell, you infidels" Samudra shouted in English, pumping his fist in the air as he was led out of court.
It was the second death sentence handed out for the Oct 12 bombings on the resort island of Bali the single deadliest terrorist strike since the Sept 11 attacks in the United States.
Samudra, 33, has said he wants to die as a martyr, but the Afghan-trained fighter denied he commanded the group of militants who carried out the twin blasts. Almost half the bombing victims were Australian tourists, while seven were from the United States.
"Imam Samudra has been clearly proven to have planned a terrorist act, and we hand down the sentence of death," said Sugawa, one of the five judges who presided at the trial.
Judge Ifa Sudewi called Samudra "the intellectual mastermind behind the Bali bomb explosions."
Samudra's lawyers said they would appeal the sentence.
"There was no justice in this case. He should not have gotten the death sentence," attorney Qadar Faisal said.
Prosecutors said Samudra selected the recruits and helped fund the attacks.
His goal, they said, was to avenge the treatment of Muslims at the hands of the United States and Israel.
Samudra is the second of 30 suspects arrested after the Bali attacks to be sentenced to death coconspirator Amrozi bin Nurhasyim received one last month.
