Terror Attack in Jakarta

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Simultaneous bombing attacks at two hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, have killed at least four people.

JAKARTA, July 17 (Bernama) — Two explosions occurred in Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta on Friday morning, killing at least four people and wounding tens of others, China’s Xinhua news agency reported quoting Local Metro television as saying.

The first blast took place at 7:55 Jakarta time (0055 GMT) and minutes later the second one occurred, before the hotels were open. The two hotels were located in opposite.

“Two explosions have taken place in two locations,” south Jakarta district police Commissioner Firmnan said.

An eye witness said she saw at least three foreigners with blood on their bodies were carried out to an ambulance. The wounded persons were rushed to nearby Jakarta Hospital.

The Ritz Carlton hotel was set to be the place for upcoming visit of Manchester United team.

A police special bomb squad is checking the blasts.

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jcm Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:16:20pm

ROPMA!

legalpad Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:16:39pm

Westerners should boycott areas like this.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:16:55pm

Obama lived on Java as a child. Wonder what his reaction to this will be. My guesses:

1. "Unclench your fist."

2. "Present."

Shug Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:16:58pm

COEXIST

/ spit

Charles Johnson Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:17:44pm

I stayed in the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta when I was there, twice.

Sharmuta Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:18:21pm

Targeting a tourist site in a moderate country. Sounds like an al-qaeda style attack.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:18:49pm

re: #5 Charles

I stayed in the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta when I was there, twice.

How solidly built was it?

Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:20:02pm

Anyone claiming responsibility yet?

Afterthought--hotels close? How? The front desk? The restaurant areas? The non-guest areas?

Trying to picture this.

brookly red Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:20:33pm

It is such a shame, it seems like if a day goes by and these people don't blow something up it would be a major story.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:20:43pm

re: #6 Sharmuta

Targeting a tourist site in a moderate country. Sounds like an al-qaeda style attack.

They trained the Indonesian Islamist groups, so much of what those groups do is straight out of Bin Laden's playbook. Scum.

jcm Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:21:36pm

re: #4 Shug

COEXIST

/ spit

I want a COEXIST sticker.....

In place of the crescent a bomb with a fuse burning, like the Mo turban bomb.

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Gus Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:23:09pm

Jakarta Bombing Images

Shug Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:24:28pm

AP reporting now at least 6 dead

18 injured

Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:24:32pm

This might be hoping for too much, but we can hope that the Muslim Indonesians who will be out of work over this will know who to blame and why.

jaunte Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:24:57pm

Jakarta Globe (english)
[Link: www.thejakartaglobe.com...]

Sharmuta Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:25:04pm

OT: Beck screams at caller

pingjockey Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:26:16pm

re: #18 Sharmuta
Isn't that standard operating procedure for him?!

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Sharmuta Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:27:30pm

re: #19 pingjockey

Isn't that standard operating procedure for him?!

To scream like a woman? I don't think so.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:27:55pm

re: #18 Sharmuta

OT: Beck screams at caller

More Bad Craziness from the league leader.

Gus Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:28:06pm

Jakarta Bombing Images Sorted by Date

Shows recent bombing(s).

pingjockey Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:28:34pm

re: #21 Sharmuta
Didn't play it. Meant doesn't he go off at least once a month(or more) on some caller?

Honcho Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:28:42pm

They must have not seen the Cairo Speech. We need to get them broadband through the stimulus.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:28:47pm

re: #20 taxfreekiller

If only George Bush had not went to war in Iraq, none of this would have happened, just ask Nancy Pelosi on the NBC Today Show , she'll tell ya in the blink of both eyes.

Not only is she a bitch, but she's willfully stupid as well.

SteveC Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:29:20pm

OT - US State Department Travel Warning

The Chinese are putting people with "Flu like symptoms" and those they have been in contact with them into Quarantine. The Travel Warning was issued because unaccompanied minors traveling in China have been placed in quarantine, and "there exists the possibility of Chinese medical personnel administering medications to minors without parental permission."

/Who the hell lets their underage kids roam China anyway!?!

Sharmuta Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:29:30pm

re: #24 pingjockey

At the 3:30 mark. He's hysterical.

pingjockey Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:30:19pm

Y'all have a good evening. Night Lizards.
Prayers for our RW would be most appreciated folks. Thank you.

Erik The Red Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:30:55pm

re: #29 pingjockey

Y'all have a good evening. Night Lizards.
Prayers for our RW would be most appreciated folks. Thank you.

Prayers have and will continue to be said.

Honcho Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:31:33pm

If Murdoch had any balls, we'd see Hitchens and Hanson giving Noam Chomsky a pink belly on Fox, instead of this tired crap.

SteveC Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:31:37pm

re: #29 pingjockey

Prayers for our RW would be most appreciated folks. Thank you.

Something up with RW? 'Cause I'm hoping and praying his tests come back good.

pat Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:31:41pm

Ahhh. The moderate version of Islam.

SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:31:45pm

re: #29 pingjockey

Y'all have a good evening. Night Lizards.
Prayers for our RW would be most appreciated folks. Thank you.

night, ping. Done.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:32:47pm

re: #32 SteveC

Something up with RW? 'Cause I'm hoping and praying his tests come back good.

They didn't come back good.

Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:34:12pm

Jakarta hospital doctor says 6 dead, 18 injured in blasts at Ritz-Carlton, Marriott hotels.

SteveC Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:34:26pm

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

They didn't come back good.

Thanks for the update. More prayers are on their way.

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Honcho Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:35:34pm

A very small body count. Wannabes instead of the first team?

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Shug Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:36:10pm

re: #39 Honcho

A very small body count. Wannabes instead of the first team?

I prefer the wannabes to the wahabis

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:36:25pm

re: #39 Honcho

A very small body count. Wannabes instead of the first team?

Too soon to tell.

Sharmuta Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:36:33pm

re: #39 Honcho

A very small body count. Wannabes instead of the first team?

It could be they only had the resources for a small attack.

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SteveC Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:36:54pm

re: #39 Honcho

A very small body count. Wannabes instead of the first team?

I'm worried about the 1-2 punch - first blast draws in the rescue teams, then a second, bigger bomb.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:37:04pm

re: #41 Shug

I prefer the wannabes to the wahabis

Quite Concur.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:37:59pm

re: #45 SteveC

I'm worried about the 1-2 punch - first blast draws in the rescue teams, then a second, bigger bomb.

Very true, Al Qaeda has been known to do that.

karmic_inquisitor Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:41:40pm

Let's not jump to any conclusions here. This could just as soon be:

1) Mennonites.
2) The Sigma Nu fraternity chapter at Jakarta University (Go Yaks!)
3) Disaffected Indonesian pastry workers protesting the outsourcing of the Marriot and Ritz wedding cake concessions to a Chinese pastry conglomerate.
4) Manchester United fans "preparing the ground" for their standard form of hooliganism.

Honcho Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:41:41pm

I'm going to bed. I don't want to see Barry giving a sincere purselipped nod, and showing the ears, before resuming the wig wag to the port TOTUS and starboard TOTUS.

livefreeor die Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:42:11pm

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

Obama lived on Java as a child. Wonder what his reaction to this will be. My guesses:

1. "Unclench your fist."

2. "Present."

I don't know-#2 might be taking too much of a stand.
/

Ojoe Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:42:24pm

Today's evening Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. The obvious glory of it all seen here refutes forever all terrorism.

May the morons all explode too early, at their workbenches.

pat Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:43:06pm

Committing such a crime in Indonesia is a dilemma. While with ordinary crime the Indonesians can't solve a parking ticket, when it comes to terrorism they are among the best in the world. They will find the culprits. The Indonesians will arrest them. Then they will figure out a way to let them go after the publicity dies down.

A Man for all Seasons Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:43:38pm

re: #20 taxfreekiller

If only George Bush had not went to war in Iraq, none of this would have happened, just ask Nancy Pelosi on the NBC Today Show , she'll tell ya in the blink of both eyes.

I love you my friend..
I had a son go to Iraq...I don't think we should have gone to war..I didn't then I and I don't feel that now..
But I support Our CIC...And I am proud of our US Marines....I am humbled by their courage and the price they have paid in blood... I love our Military with all my heart...
My Heroes...our heroes...Our kids...I am very proud....

Randall Gross Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:44:15pm

AP catches up

[Link: www.google.com...]

jcm Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:44:18pm

re: #48 karmic_inquisitor

Let's not jump to any conclusions here. This could just as soon be:

1) Mennonites.
2) The Sigma Nu fraternity chapter at Jakarta University (Go Yaks!)
3) Disaffected Indonesian pastry workers protesting the outsourcing of the Marriot and Ritz wedding cake concessions to a Chinese pastry conglomerate.
4) Manchester United fans "preparing the ground" for their standard form of hooliganism.

/

I'm hurt, very hurt. No one every suspects Radical Turtle Stackists.

*pout*

Pianobuff Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:44:21pm

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

Obama lived on Java as a child. Wonder what his reaction to this will be. My guesses:

1. "Unclench your fist."

2. "Present."

We haven't apologized in that part of the world yet, have we?

livefreeor die Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:44:46pm

Curse those Amish and their dastardly ways.

Joshua Cohen Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:45:25pm

The Religion of Pieces strikes again?

Honcho Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:45:33pm

the Indonesians no longer have W backing them up. They have a community organizer, who wd have made a fine Ivy League professor or state college president, pulling their punches.

ShanghaiEd Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:45:46pm

re: #51 Ojoe

Today's evening Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. The obvious glory of it all seen here refutes forever all terrorism.

May the morons all explode too early, at their workbenches.

A splendid scene, Ojoe. But what turned the trees brown? Dry weather? Or is it just the color of the sunset light?

Randall Gross Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:46:22pm

The facade of the Ritz-Carlton hotel was blown off in one blast, while a further explosion hit the neighbouring Marriott hotel just seconds later.

At least three injured people were seen being taken away from the Ritz.
Sky

According to one user of web messaging service Twitter, the bombs hit the coffee shops of the two hotels, where business breakfast meetings were taking place.
"Left location. Shocked. Lots of blood," wrote user Daniel Tumiwa.

A picture posted by another user, Andre Siregar, showed the glass front of the Ritz Carlton shattered and strewn on the floor.

Jakarta's Marriott Hotel was badly damaged by a car bomb attack in 2003 that killed 12 people.

That coincided with a period when Islamists militants carried out numerous attacks, including bombings in Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people. Many militants have since been arrested.

JammieWearingFool Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:47:29pm

I hate it when they attack the president's homeland.

livefreeor die Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:48:30pm

You know what will help address this terrorist attack-
a press conference!

ShanghaiEd Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:48:38pm

re: #60 ShanghaiEd

A splendid scene, Ojoe. But what turned the trees brown? Dry weather? Or is it just the color of the sunset light?

OK, I refreshed the screen and the trees are green again. Weird. I've never seen that before. Hope my laptop screen ain't on its last legs.

Ojoe Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:49:26pm

re: #60 ShanghaiEd

The trees are green;

It is the color of the evening light.

The San Gabriels are a rather dry range though, less than 30" of rain per year on average.

ShanghaiEd Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:50:50pm

re: #65 Ojoe

The trees are green;

It is the color of the evening light.

The San Gabriels are a rather dry range though, less than 30" of rain per year on average.

Whew. Thanks, Ojoe. I always enjoy your vista.

livefreeor die Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:50:50pm

re: #64 ShanghaiEd

OK, I refreshed the screen and the trees are green again. Weird. I've never seen that before. Hope my laptop screen ain't on its last legs.

Maybe your laptop is hanging out with the stoner computers when you're not around.

Ojoe Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:50:58pm

Be Back Tomorrow

jcm Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:51:30pm

re: #51 Ojoe

Today's evening Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. The obvious glory of it all seen here refutes forever all terrorism.

May the morons all explode too early, at their workbenches.

Olympic Mountains looking across Hood Canal.
Nice one today.

A Man for all Seasons Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:51:31pm

re: #57 livefreeor die

Curse those Amish and their dastardly ways.

LOL
At our local Wal-Mart they have an Amish section where they sell their goods..
Amish potato salad..cole slaw..everything..And let me tell you..
Just the best home cooking and healthy food you have ever had in Indiana..

Fenway_Nation Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:52:16pm

re: #62 JammieWearingFool

THat's not the Jakarta 0bamam knew....

OldLineTexan Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:52:36pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

LOL
At our local Wal-Mart they have an Amish section where they sell their goods..
Amish potato salad..cole slaw..everything..And let me tell you..
Just the best home cooking and healthy food you have ever had in Indiana..

Which aisle are the hand-crafted bombs on?

Joshua Cohen Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:53:28pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

LOL
At our local Wal-Mart they have an Amish section where they sell their goods..
Amish potato salad..cole slaw..everything..And let me tell you..
Just the best home cooking and healthy food you have ever had in Indiana..

Did you know that many Amish use gene manipulated seeds?

ShanghaiEd Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:54:21pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

LOL
At our local Wal-Mart they have an Amish section where they sell their goods..
Amish potato salad..cole slaw..everything..And let me tell you..
Just the best home cooking and healthy food you have ever had in Indiana..

HH: But do the Amish make Danish? :)

jcm Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:55:20pm

re: #73 Joshua Cohen

Did you know that many Amish use gene manipulated seeds?

Gene manipulated them alright, he took them out of a bag and pushed them into the ground.

//;-P

OldLineTexan Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:55:52pm

re: #74 ShanghaiEd

HH: But do the Amish make Danish? :)

apfelküchen is better

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:58:02pm

re: #71 Fenway_Nation

THat's not the Jakarta 0bamam knew....

No, it isn't. Since he left, our so-called "friends", The Saudis, have been funding the growth of Wahabbism there, with its resulting radicalization of many young men.

A Man for all Seasons Thu, Jul 16, 2009 7:59:33pm

re: #74 ShanghaiEd

HH: But do the Amish make Danish? :)

LOL
you guys think I'm kidding...But seriously you can go down the Amish isle and buy everything and be surprised when you get home...
As you guys know.I'm a very picky eater...I like the Amish section

ShanghaiEd Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:04:46pm

re: #76 OldLineTexan

apfelküchen is better

There's no call for profanity, OLT.

Seriously, though, apfelkuchen looks great.

albusteve Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:07:37pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

LOL
At our local Wal-Mart they have an Amish section where they sell their goods..
Amish potato salad..cole slaw..everything..And let me tell you..
Just the best home cooking and healthy food you have ever had in Indiana..

we used to take a twice annual trip down to north Indiana every year and spread the wealth...shop, eat and bring home all kinds of Amish goodies...fine people

Dom Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:17:54pm

A bombing attack at two hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, has killed at least four people.

Baruch Dayan Emet.

I was taking time today to explain to someone who expressed an interest the recent history of these jihadi groups and with illustration from sites such as LGF their present methods and mindset, all the while aware of the need to be calm and introspect. Apart from something about a Gaza missile that hurt no one I didn't see what other atrocities jihadis were up to today, but stuff like this is makes any introspection feel pretty much redundant, and I can't say that's a good thing either. Damn bombs. Damn bastards.

SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:20:17pm

re: #78 HoosierHoops

LOL
you guys think I'm kidding...But seriously you can go down the Amish isle and buy everything and be surprised when you get home...
As you guys know.I'm a very picky eater...I like the Amish section

Amish community near Dover,DE
They have a store/sit down shop at what I guess you'd call a flea market.
You start salivating 100 feet from the door. It is wicked delicious.
I get my mother to pick me up a loaf of homemade bread whenever she goes.
You can eat it with nothing on it, it's that good.
They knows food.

tony clifton Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:30:47pm

I just spent half a year in Jakarta. May not may be qualified to say much, but here are my initial reactions to the news:
1. The connection to the Manchester visit is important. The city has been anticipating this visit for months. Manchester United figures are ubiquitous in billboard ads. Beyond the immediate deaths, this is a shot in the face of popular culture.
2. Indonesia just finished their electoral cycle. Even the moderate Islamists (those not inclined towards violence) failed to make much headway in the legislative contest. People like the bland but relatively competent governance of the incumbent president SBY. Violent Islamists conducting a bombing campaign so soon after an election campaign suggests a ‘bombs over ballots’ argument has quickly won out in at least some extremist circles. One attack does not make a trend, but it is something to consider.

Hopefully they find the guys behind this quickly and introduce them to a firing squad.

Ojoe Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:31:47pm

re: #69 jcm

Thank you for the link.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:37:32pm

re: #83 tony clifton

I just spent half a year in Jakarta. May not may be qualified to say much, but here are my initial reactions to the news:
1. The connection to the Manchester visit is important. The city has been anticipating this visit for months. Manchester United figures are ubiquitous in billboard ads. Beyond the immediate deaths, this is a shot in the face of popular culture.
2. Indonesia just finished their electoral cycle. Even the moderate Islamists (those not inclined towards violence) failed to make much headway in the legislative contest. People like the bland but relatively competent governance of the incumbent president SBY. Violent Islamists conducting a bombing campaign so soon after an election campaign suggests a ‘bombs over ballots’ argument has quickly won out in at least some extremist circles. One attack does not make a trend, but it is something to consider.

Hopefully they find the guys behind this quickly and introduce them to a firing squad.

Quite Concur.

Bacchus's daddy Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:53:52pm

We must apologize for our infidel transgression of the prophet's holy lands. (unwritten chapters of the koran certainly chronicle his travels and consecrations of lands from Indonesia to Toronto). Our (through our evil corporations) building of hotels (which provide local employment) and our tourism (which provides local dollars/currency) have insidiously provided the prophet's followers with a glimpse of the western-centric concept of a decent standard of living.

A Kiwi Infidel Thu, Jul 16, 2009 9:27:04pm

New Zealander killed in bomb blasts in Jakarta.

Prime Minister declares war.........."um, hang on, we have no air force, we have a couple of clapped out frigates........um, hang on"

"Cancel that declaration"

"Dictation? Take down this letter. 'dear people of Indonesia. We, the people of New Zealand wish to very, very very strongly object to the wanton killing of our citizen........blah blah blah, you know the rest, Yours etc etc "

A Kiwi Infidel Thu, Jul 16, 2009 9:29:10pm

re: #85 Dark_Falcon

Didnt they lock up that cleric for being the spritual leader behind the grouip responsible for the Bali bombings and then give him a pardon?

Picayune Thu, Jul 16, 2009 10:26:15pm

re: #17 jaunte

OT: from your link, I noticed this gem which reads like it is right out of the Liberated People's Banana Republic of New Orleans:

Police Quiz Antasari Over Claims of Bribery at KPK

Suspended anticorruption czar Antasari Azhar was questioned by the Jakarta Police on Thursday about alleged graft inside the Corruption Eradication Commission, his lawyer said."

To get my drift, try this current Times Picayune headline concerning one of our finest "former" Congressmen, hizonner "Dollar Bill" Jefferson:

[Link: blog.nola.com...]
(Stephanie Grace: Cash remains a problem for former U.S. Rep William Jefferson)

And it gets even better here: "Thuggin It and Loving It":
[Link: www.2theadvocate.com...]

Guess these lovely folks didn't catch BHO's NAACP "tough luv" inspirational/ motivational speech tonight.

... and the beat goes on in the Big Sleezy!

leafsfan82 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 4:52:32am

Peace strikes again!

Tricky Dick Fri, Jul 17, 2009 10:19:37am

The religion of peace once again proves it's intent to the world. Unfortunately, the world is ignoring it.

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