Reuters/JakartaIndonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was jailed yesterday for 15 years for helping plan a paramilitary group that aimed to kill the country's president, a sentence that could inflame hardcore Islamists who had vowed revenge.Jailing Bashir, 72, considered the spiritual leader behind the group that killed more than 200 people in Bali in 2002, is an important step in government efforts to weaken terror groups, but may not reduce the threat of attacks as others push an Islamist agenda.Bashir does not command widespread support in Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim community, but the guilty verdict could motivate groups which have already vowed reprisals after the US killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Bashir is jailed for 15 years