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2004-03-10 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-10 12:45:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is this where somebody makes a commercial reference to that damned pink bunny with the bass drum?

Posted by .com 2004-3-10 1:00:50 AM|| 2004-3-10 1:00:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If I'm right, there's at least one large church that holds services (like five of them each Sunday) in the Medan Mall -- that would make it a good target in some islamofascist's eyes, and they wouldn't care about the "innocents" because they're going to almost all be Abangan (animist mysticism), Priyayi (Hindu-Buddhist mysticism), and Syncretic Muslimin (Islam mysticism mix) -- not even Textual Muslimin, let alone fellow islamofascists. Medan is so close to Aceh . . .

Posted by cingold 2004-3-10 1:41:49 AM|| 2004-3-10 1:41:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 which failed to explode due to weak batteries. lol! Rantburg is just too funny today.

I'd start my looking with the shopkeeper.

Posted by B 2004-3-10 10:44:47 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:44:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it just me, or is telling the psychos how to iron out flaws in their equipment a pretty stupid thing to do?!

At least just say the things "failed to explode" and leave it a mystery, or, better, say the detonators were "insufficiently sensitive", or that the devices were rendered safe following a tip-off.

Oh, maybe there was a tip-off...

Posted by Bulldog 2004-3-10 11:03:31 AM|| 2004-3-10 11:03:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Bulldog - ahhhh...I see!

Posted by B 2004-3-10 11:54:25 AM|| 2004-3-10 11:54:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 B - only me thinking crap out loud!

Posted by Bulldog 2004-3-10 12:03:40 PM|| 2004-3-10 12:03:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I guess we'll never know. Far better than my idea where he's willing to spend days with a bomb, run by a clock that can't tell time. Doh!

Posted by B 2004-3-10 1:41:45 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:41:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 PS - I was referring to your, "Oh, maybe there was a tip-off..."

Posted by B 2004-3-10 1:44:36 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:44:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 He said the live bombs failed to explode because the nine batteries that were connected to a watch with an alarm and the explosivesâ two detonators were very weak.

Dammit, Jamal! How many times have I told you not not 'buy local'?

Posted by Pappy 2004-3-10 9:33:20 PM|| 2004-3-10 9:33:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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