ISLAMIC TERRORISTS again "fingered" this time by SINGAPORE [Israel of Asia] another staunch ally of U S A 's War on Terror ...
ANOTHER REMINDER OF GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM!
Southeast Asia - The World Factbook 2002
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/southeast_asia.html
14 dead in JI terror strike
Car-bomb blast at Jakarta Marriott leaves 150 injured
JI operative says attack is a warning to Megawati govt
US condemns attack, offers Mega help and support
By Derwin Pereira
JAKARTA - Indonesia has been rocked by another major terrorist attack, just nine months after the Bali bombings. An explosion tore through a luxury hotel here yesterday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 150.
The Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network claimed responsibility, calling it 'a bloody warning' to President Megawati Sukarnoputri not to clamp down on militants.
'This is a message for her and all our enemies that, if they execute any of our Muslim brothers, we will continue this campaign of terror in Indonesia and the region,' a JI operative told The Straits Times.
The United States joined several other countries in condemning the attack and offered to help Jakarta bring those responsible to book.
The bombing, the fifth to hit Jakarta this year, came just two days before a court is due to deliver its verdict on the first of three dozen suspects on trial for bombing two Bali nightclubs last October.
Islamic militant Amrozi Nurhasyim faces the death sentence.
The midday attack on the American-owned five-star JW Marriott Hotel, in the heart of the Indonesian capital, left little doubt about the JI's ability to wage a devastating terror campaign in Indonesia.
The hotel, popular with foreign businessmen, is in the Kuningan area, where dozens of embassies and the homes of Cabinet members, lawmakers and senior army officials are located.
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In Crawford, Texas, where President George W. Bush is spending a month-long working vactation at his ranch, Reuters quoted White House spokesman Scott McClellan as saying the US strongly condemned the Jakarta blast.
'This is a deplorable attack on innocent civilians.
'We fully support President Megawati and her administration in their efforts to fight terror and rout out terrorism and we stand ready to help in any way to help bring those responsible to justice.'
He said the blast was also 'a reminder that we are still waging a global war on terrorism'.
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AIJAC AUSTRALIA-ISRAEL JEWISH AFFAIRS COUNCIL
The Second Front
The al-Qaeda threat in Southeast Asia
By Rohan Gunaratna
http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2002/2711/second_front.html
EXPAT SINGAPORE ...a most interesting forum!
http://www.expatsingapore.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000364.html
SINGAPORE - World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sn.html
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Similar M.O. to PHILIPPINES eh?
BOMB - BLAME THE MUSLIMS - BRING IN THE TROOPS ...
MORE MONEY needed for INDONESIA - PHILLIPINES - SINGAPORE to fight terror of course ...
Waiting for Joe Viall's Report.
- Aladdin
Serving Freedom
and Liberty
