Terror leader jailed over Bali bombing

An Indonesian court today found the alleged leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group guilty of sheltering one of the Bali bombers.

Abu Rusdan, a 43-year-old militant cleric – who allegedly took over Jemaah Islamiyah from the group’s suspected founder, Abu Bakar Bashir, in April 2002 - was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for helping Bali bombing suspect Muklas hide from authorities.