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2006-07-03 Southeast Asia

A Terror Strike, Choreographed on a Computer

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Posted by tipper 2006-07-03 06:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The backpacks with the bombs could be left on the bus the police did not inspect baggage left on the bus, the team reported

It's always the case. Somebody somewhere is cavalier with the security precautions and is the weak link that gets people killed.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-03 07:30|| 2006-07-03 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Targetting tourists is a losing strategy, because the locals depends on them for their livelihood. If they stop coming, the anger will be directed at the terrorists. This is what happened in Egypt in the 1990s after the terror attacks against western tourists. The jihadis were rounded up by the regime and Ayman al-Z was filmed ranting in jail. Pity they didn't hang the turd.

Posted by Apostate 2006-07-03 08:10|| 2006-07-03 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Article: The 34-page document, titled "The Bali Project," was found on the computer of Azhari Husin, a Malaysian-born engineer educated in Australia and Britain who became a master bomb maker and was one of the most dangerous terrorists in Southeast Asia until he was killed in a shootout with the police last November.

I recall reading that Azahari was a PhD in a subject where you really can't BS your way through, and where methodical planning and preparation is the name of the game. You gotta figure they're a lot weaker since Azahari was killed.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-03 08:53|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-07-03 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 terrorism is a losing strategy, period.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-03 08:53|| 2006-07-03 08:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Targetting tourists is a losing strategy, because the locals depends on them for their livelihood

Well, if the terrorists don't like the locals either, as was apparently the case in Bali, it can work for them.

Posted by Phil 2006-07-03 09:13|| 2006-07-03 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Ahhh, God-based Spetznatz-Commandoes-Black Ops, sacrificing their lives and fighting for God-Islam, Prophet and Heaven, by allowing their Boss-men ["the Man] to officially pretend they're fighting for God while having an option to deny they are = are not. DO THE SILLY BOYZ ACTUALLY HAVE TO WONDER WHY ANNETTE BENNING IN "THE SIEGE" > "THEY [MUSLIMS]HAVE NO POWER [LIKE THE CHRISTIAN NATIONS]??? The world read of Zark's "death", but few iff any noticed God's "Norway Meteor"!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-03 23:26|| 2006-07-03 23:26|| Front Page Top

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