THREE BALI BOMBERS EXECUTED IN INDONESIA

Three militants were executed Saturday for the 2002 nightclub bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali that left 202 people dead, many of them foreign tourists, officials and relatives said.Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and his brother Ali Ghufron were executed at 11:30 p.m.

several miles (kilometers) from their high security prison on Nusakambangan island, said Qadar Faisal, one of their lawyers.

Their bodies will be taken by helicopter to their home villages for burial early Sunday.The Oct. 12, 2002 attacks — allegedly funded by al-Qaida and carried out by members of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah — thrust the world's most populous Muslim nation onto the front lines in the war on terror.

The three men never expressed remorse, saying the blasts were meant to punish the U.S. and its Western allies for alleged atrocities in Afghanistan and elsewhere. They even taunted relatives of victims at their trials five years ago.

The bombers' bodies were flown from the prison by helicopter to their home towns -- brothers Mukhlas and Amrozi to Tenggulun in Lamongan, East Java, and Samudra to Serang in West Java.
Some friends and supporters chanted "Live nobly or die as martyrs" until the bodies of brothers Mukhlas and Amrozi were lowered into the ground. After the burial, supporters stood in the rain and prayed for the bombers.
Imam Samudra was buried in a private ceremony attended by just his family and friends.

BALI NIGHTCLUB BOMBERS WARNED OF MORE BLOODSHED

Three Islamic militants who were executed, had reportedly sent a grim warning to Australians, saying rebels will strike again.The three, Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra were found guilty of the Bali nightclub bombings, in which 202 people, including 88 Australians, were killed.

When asked what had gone through his head when the nightclub went up in flames, Amrozi said he was unconcerned and warned Australians not to go to Bali as he was sure his colleagues would bomb it again.
The militants sent out the chilling message to CNN in an interview to be broadcast after their executions.The trio is presently in a prison in central Java, where it is likely they will be executed this weekend.Security

TIGHT SECURITY
Indonesia tightened security amid fears of revenge attacks as tensions ran high, but one analyst said the executions were unlikely to spark "active terrorism".