Oz bomb plot suspect names cleric as terror chief

A British-born terror suspect told Australian police that Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was in charge of south-east Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, a court heard today.

Jack Roche, on trial in Perth for plotting to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, told Australian Federal Police that Bashir, currently in custody in Indonesia, was in charge of Jemaah Islamiyah.