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2008-03-23 Southeast Asia

Bashir urges followers to beat up infidel tourists

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Posted by ryuge 2008-03-23 10:47|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Jemaah Islamiyah

#1 why isn't this piece of shit dead?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-23 10:58|| 2008-03-23 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 But doesn't jihad mean inner struggle?

/sarc

Posted by john frum 2008-03-23 11:07|| 2008-03-23 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 This should do wonders for the post-bombing tourist industry decline. On the other hand, it may make Indonesia a prefered destination for British soccer hooligans.

Posted by SteveS 2008-03-23 12:35|| 2008-03-23 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back.

Like...me.

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-23 12:41|| 2008-03-23 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Abu's got that 'women and children first' thing down pat...

Posted by Muggsy Gling 2008-03-23 12:44|| 2008-03-23 12:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Anyone who goes to Bali for a holiday has rocks in their head. It's not a question of "if" there is going to be another terrorist attack, it's only a question of "when".
The police force is rotten to the core, from the chief of police to the rawest recruit.
To get a job in the police, your father has to be a policeman, otherwise it cost a s*itload of money to buy in. All the nightclubs are owned by senior police or under their "protection".
The sad part is that the ordinary Balinese are Hindu and lovely people, but the outside Muslims control the economy of Bali
Until Indonesia falls apart and the Balinese break away, stay away from there, unless you are a thrill-seeker who wants to dice with your life.

Posted by tipper 2008-03-23 13:09|| 2008-03-23 13:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Bashir really really needs to be dirt napping.

Posted by 3dc 2008-03-23 14:14|| 2008-03-23 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Since the majority of tourists are Australian, it sounds like an excellent opportunity for Aussie karate schools to make field trips.

I went on one such field trip many years ago to a nasty bar where the patrons just loved to mass stomp those they didn't like.

The majority of the karatekas quietly form up in the back and try not to be noticed, then one guy with a talent for starting trouble, starts trouble in such a way that "he didn't start the fight".

When the regulars converge on the troublemaker, thinking that they will beat the snot out of him as a group, suddenly they discover that the troublemaker has a lot of very violent friends, ready and willing to fight.

The most important part is a strict time limit, at which point you make good your escape. That, and one "weapons guy", whose purpose is to disarm anyone who pulls a gun or knife quickly.

Typically, the karatekas leave in good condition, but those left behind are somewhat the worse for wear, and far less impolite to strangers in the future.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-23 14:50|| 2008-03-23 14:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Back at school, Mr. Wife used to go out with his Korean friends just to prevent just such hijinks, Anonymoose. But those were college bars, whose denizens weren't deserving.

Were you perchance the trouble-starter? ;-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-23 14:58|| 2008-03-23 14:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Ironically, I was the invisible guy. Nobody wanted to fight me, for no apparent reason. I tried to start fights, but whoever I was provoking would hit somebody else. What can you do? Cheap shots?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-23 16:19|| 2008-03-23 16:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Anyone who goes to Bali for a holiday has rocks in their head.

Yes, tipper. But the shame of it is that Bali, like a lot of other places in Indonesia, has excellent surf. And Aussies, especially Aussie surfers, have a reputation for being very, very difficult to frighten.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-03-23 17:11|| 2008-03-23 17:11|| Front Page Top

#12 I tried to start fights, but whoever I was provoking would hit somebody else.

Oh, you poor darling!

/not in the least bit sarcastic. But now trailing daughter #1 wants to go to bars with her taikwandokas when she's old enough, to see how it's done. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-23 19:35|| 2008-03-23 19:35|| Front Page Top

#13 I had lots of confidence. That is, the folks I went with looked like: Frankenstein's monster; a giant Viking with a muscular hunchback; the Incredible Hulk's tan younger brother; and this little, skinny Pima Indian woman black belt used to fighting big men wearing full body armor, and winning by KO.

Compared to that, I looked positively nerdish, even with brass knuckles.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-23 21:31|| 2008-03-23 21:31|| Front Page Top

#14 It won't scare the surfers away - but I doubt that they are the biggest spenders. TTere are plenty of other other places to go beside Bali. This has to seriously hurt their economy.

Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-23 23:43|| 2008-03-23 23:43|| Front Page Top

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