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Southeast Asia
At least 22 dead in Bali blasts
2005-10-02
Bombs exploded almost simultaneously on Saturday in two tourist areas of resort island of Bali, killing at least 22 people and wounding close to 50 others, police and hospital officials said. The victims included foreign tourists.
Only to be expected in the World's Most Populous Muslim Country™...
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said terrorists were to blame and warned that more attacks were possible. "We will hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice," he said after being briefed by top security officials, urging everyone "to be on alert."
I'd rather hear him say "we will hunt down the perpetrators and kill them."
The blasts at a crowded seafood restaurant on Jimbaran beach and a three-story noodle and steak house in downtown Kuta came nearly three years to the day after twin bombings on the resort island claimed 202 lives, many of them foreign tourists.
Happy anniversary, you rat bastards...
The al-Qaeda linked militant group Jamaah Islamiyah has been blamed in the Oct. 12, 2002 attack and was suspected in Saturday night's bombings as well. The bodies of 22 people were counted in two hospitals - 11 at Sangla and 11 at Graha Asih - officials there said. Close to 50 others were admitted with injuries, many of them serious,including eight Australians and two Americans.
Posted by:Fred

#10  I like the idea of making East Timor the next hot travel destination. It would need to be muslim-free I guess, but I don't think the East Timorese would be too worried about that - and having Ozzy dollars injected into the economy wouldn't hurt.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-10-02 15:13  

#9  God's peace on the victims, both the living and the dead.

However, and forgive me for bringing this up, the first attack, in 2002, claimed 202 lives. This attack seems to be about 1/10th as effective. Whatever it is that whoever is doing, it appears to have been quite effective.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-10-02 14:51  

#8  The response from the loony left will be: peace not war!
The response from Aussie govt: lick dirty indo's arse again, let their police forces bumble about till they grab a scapegoat.

The response from Indo: well it's only Bali we don't give a toss about the hindus and kaffirs there. But don't you dare put a travel warning up about us!

East Timor is beckoning as the next hot travel destination. The Christian people there are free from Javanese Islamists and it is but 2 hours flight from Darwin.
Posted by: anon1   2005-10-02 10:50  

#7  Just saw the video on ITN of the suicide bomber walking in to the restaurant. Scum bastards, there is no bargaining with these wankers they all need to be wiped off the face of the planet..........
Posted by: Shistos Shistadogloo   2005-10-02 09:47  

#6  Good job. Are you going to do any follow up? You're pretty with that.

The number of dead, last time I heard, is 30. Over 60 injured. We won't know the true amount of damage until everyone slows down and waits, though.

There were 10 bombs. Four were found and disarmed. Another 4 or so did not work. These were smaller than normal, and there was no truck involved. One was even a pipe bomb.

This leads intelligence to believe they can only pull of a strike once a year. Who is working for them? FEB. 7, 2005 was NOT a year ago! Sheesh.
Posted by: Rosemary   2005-10-02 04:02  

#5  Maybe now Australians (not to mention the rest of us) will stop going to Indonesia. Anyone spending money over there is paying for more of the same.
Posted by: imoyaro   2005-10-02 03:35  

#4  Three Australians are now reported to be among 25 people killed in multiple terrorist attacks at tourist areas in Bali. I'm not sure what our response will be, i've been listening to our leaders on tv.. There's a lot of talk about Thailand / The Phillipines and also Saudi Arabia on how they are financing terrorist organisations such as JI.
Posted by: God Save The World   2005-10-02 03:01  

#3  We'll prolly send some Fibbies. Their results: Yes, you're dead, sorry and all that, but what's interesting is that the device was reminiscent of the '96 device used in the...
Posted by: .com   2005-10-02 02:03  

#2  How many from down under dead this time? What will the response be? There is one religious group responsible for this, only one.

As someone says to me quite often, "they don't understand cause and effect." What will be the Wests response this time? Going to let their nonfunctional courts deal with it? Their useless police forces?
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-10-02 00:48  

#1  25 now and still going up.
Posted by: Unereling Wheque6643   2005-10-02 00:36  

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