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Subject: Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 2:32 am
Full report on BBC News Online
At least nine people, including some foreigners, have been killed in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police say.
One explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton, ripping off its facade, and the other the Marriott Hotel. At least 48 people were injured.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blasts.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has visited the scene and condemned "the cruel and inhuman attack".
Indonesia suffered a number of bomb attacks - mainly linked to the militant group Jemaah Islamiah - in the first years of the century, but has been relatively peaceful since 2005.
The Manchester United football team was due to arrive in Indonesia on Saturday and was booked to stay at the Ritz-Carlton.
The team have now called off the Indonesian leg of their tour, saying they "cannot fulfil the fixture in Jakarta" against an Indonesia Super League XI on 20 July.
The first two blasts, in Jakarta's central business district, occurred at about 0730 (0030 GMT).
Subject: Re: Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
Written By: LyricBoy on 07/17/09 at 2:37 am
No doubt our pesky friends the fundamentalists at it again.
5 will get you 20 that they killed mainly people of their own faith...
Subject: Re: Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
Written By: philbo on 07/17/09 at 8:23 am
Nah, it was probably Chelsea or Arsenal fans being a bit premature ;)
Subject: Re: Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
Written By: LyricBoy on 07/17/09 at 5:53 pm
Turns out that one of the people killed in the blast was a friend of one of my close business associates. I thought you guys might want to read the attached link... an entry in my associate's blog that discusses the whole terrorism issue.
http://www.globalerie.com/jimberlin/2009/07/17/a-world-together/
Subject: Re: Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 07/17/09 at 7:18 pm
99 beautiful name of Allah and 99 bits of you splattered in the atrium!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_cherry.gif