Bali Bomber Now an Ex-Terrorist

Another big success today in the global war against Islamic terrorism, as Indonesia’s president confirms that another of the leaders of the terror cell that perpetrated the Bali nightclub bombings has been killed in a police raid.

(Reuters) – A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.

“Today I can announce to you that after a successful police raid against the terrorists hiding out in Jakarta yesterday, we can confirm that one of those that was killed was Dulmatin, one of the top Southeast Asian terrorists,” Yudhoyono said in a speech in Australia’s parliament house in Canberra.

Indonesian police shot dead Dulmatin, wanted in the suicide bombings that ripped apart two night clubs in Bali that killed 202 people, and two others in a series of coordinated raids in southern Jakarta on Tuesday.

The raids are a coup in the country’s fight against Islamist radicals ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama later this month.