DENPASAR, Indonesia, July 27 (Reuters) - Islamic militants behind a string of deadly attacks in Indonesia have failed in their campaign to sow hatred, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday.

Yudhoyono's remarks were made at the opening of an eye clinic on the resort island of Bali, built in memory of 88 Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.

"Today the terrorists who are responsible for such monstrous crimes have been captured, tried and put behind bars," Yudhoyono said in a speech after inaugurating the clinic with Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

"They have utterly failed in their misguided cause of hatred," he said.

Yudhoyono said the $5 million eye clinic built on donations from Australia was a fitting tribute to the victims of the 2002 nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people, most of them foreigners.

The bombings and other deadly attacks in Indonesia in recent years have been blamed on Islamic radicals from the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) regional militant network.

Howard said the Bali clinic would provide cataract operations to 6,000 Indonesians a year by 2010.

Indonesian police have captured hundreds of militants linked to JI since the Bali attacks.

In the latest crackdown, anti-terror police arrested two alleged JI top leaders, including Abu Dujana, who confessed to leading the group's military wing.

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, and about 85 percent of its people follow Islam. While the vast majority of Indonesia's Muslims are relatively moderate, a militant minority has become increasingly vocal.

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