(10 Sep 2003)
1. Imam Samudra being led out of police vehicle at court
2. Samudra being led to sit in chair
3. Samudra sitting in chair listening to verdict sitting in chair listening to verdict
4. UPSOUND (Bahasa Indonesia) Samudra shouting "God is Great" and punching air
5. Samudra sitting before the judges listening to verdict
6. Wide of people inside courtroom
7. Extreme wide of Samudra before the judges
8. Mid back shot of Samudra
9. Judge Wayan Sugawa delivering verdict
10. Bomb victim's family members listening to verdict in court
11. Police man in court
12. CCTV vision of Samudra sitting before judges
13. UPSOUND (Bahasa Indonesia) Samudra shouting "God is Great" and punching air
14. People in court listening
15. Samudra being dragged out of court yelling and shouting
16. UPSOUND (English) Samudra "Go to hell, you infidels"
17. Samudra being led into police vehicle
18. Journalists gathered
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Ross McKeon, whose wife and daughter were killed in Bali bombings:
"He orchestrated and organised a lot of things, he manipulated people to carry out the bombings and I hold him responsible for it and I'm fairly happy at the guilty verdict. The sentencing itself is up to the law of the land, I really don't want to comment on that if I can pass by that, but as far as I'm concerned I'm glad that the guilty verdict was given."
20. Police vehicle carrying Sumudra drives from court
STORYLINE:
Judges sentenced an Islamic militant to death by firing squad after finding him guilty on Wednesday of being the "intellectual mastermind" behind last year's deadly nightclub bombings on Bali island.
Judge Wayan Sugawa said: "Imam Samudra has been clearly proven to have planned a terrorist act,
and we hand down the sentence of death."
Samudra shouted "God is Great" after the verdict was read, while several people in courtroom cheered.
Samudra pumped his fist into the air as he was led out by police and yelled in English "Go to hell, you infidels" and "Bush, Sharon".
The latest sentence was another indication that Indonesian authorities are serious about using the criminal justice system to crack down on terrorism, without invoking draconian internal security acts - such as those in Malaysia
and Singapore - that allow police to detain suspects for long periods without trial or access to legal advice.
Government leaders have said they are proud that their country has not compromised civil liberties in the struggle to eradicate Muslim militancy.
Earlier Wednesday, Judge Ifa Sudewi said that Samudra played "a dominant role in the Bali bomb blasts and ... is the intellectual mastermind behind the Bali bomb explosions."
Samudra, 33, an Afghan-trained fighter has said he wants to die as a martyr.
But during the trial he denied the charges that he had commanded the group of militants who carried out the Oct. 12 attack that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
It was the deadliest terrorist atrocity since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Prosecutors said Samudra selected the recruits and helped fund the Bali attack.
His goal, they said, was to avenge the treatment of Muslims at the hands of the United States and Israel.
Almost half of the victims of the twin blasts were Australian tourists, while seven were from the United States.
A handful of foreign observers watched the court proceedings, including friends and relatives of victims caught in the twin blasts.
Reading through the summation of the trial, Sudewi said Samudra had described the blasts as "revenge ... against the tyranny of America."
U.S. custody.

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