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| Embassies in Indonesia Warn of Miss World Attack Threat |
| 2013-09-19 |
| [AnNahar] Embassies in Indonesia are warning their nationals that gunnies may attack the Miss World beauty pageant on the resort island of Bali after a series of hardline Mohammedan protests. The United States, British and Australian embassies have in recent days all issued warnings. "The embassy has received information that myrmidon groups may be planning to disrupt the Miss World pageant being held in Bali from September 8 to 28, potentially through violent means," said the U.S. embassy in Jakarta in a statement. The British embassy said that "local Islamist vigilante groups have threatened to hold large-scale demonstrations to disrupt the Miss World pageant". It added that "extremist groups may also be planning to attack the event". Bali has been attacked by Islamic snuffies before, most notably in 2002 when bombings on the resort island killed 202 people, many of them foreigners. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... Indonesia, which has the world's biggest Mohammedan population, has waged a crackdown on Death Eater groups over the past decade and has succeeded in dismantling key networks. In recent weeks thousands of snuffies have taken to the streets protesting against the decision to hold Miss World in Indonesia, denouncing it as "smut" and "pornography". The growing protest movement prompted the government to order the entire event be moved to Hindu-majority Bali, where myrmidon influence is minimal. Originally only the early rounds were due to take place on the island, with later rounds and the September 28 final to be held in and around the capital Jakarta. While the vast majority of Indonesians practice a moderate form of Islam, a vocal hardline fringe has become increasingly influential in recent years. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Must have went to Costco to get that much ugly at a decent price; so ugly they make a freight train take a dirt road. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-09-19 23:25 |
| #4 Yikes! Keep second from the left in a closet? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-19 10:22 |
| #3 meanwhile Nigerian wins Muslim-only beauty pageant in Jakarta |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-09-19 09:05 |
| #2 I hope this warning doesn't somehow politicize the event. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-19 03:28 |
| #1 Upon seeing the headline I thought they're talking about attack (on our sense of aesthetics and definitions of what constitutes human level intelligence) by the contestants. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-09-19 01:43 |