Jakarta Bombing

[L.S.D]

This is sick. Our local newspaper show a picture of a young girl which was hurt in the bombing of Australian Embassy at Jakarta. My condolonces to all the victims.

[random guy]

Yeah, this is not good, but at least it didn't kill nearly as many people as the Bali bombings last year (or rather 2 years ago).

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

[L.S.D]

Yeah, this is not good, but at least it didn't kill nearly as many people as the Bali bombings last year (or rather 2 years ago).

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

Down with Howard.

 

"We're not cowed" - John Howard

[Wizard]

More harm then good, MORE HARM THEN GOOD. DOWN WITH CERTAIN GOVERNEMENTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT STUPID IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE STUBORN AND ECTRA AND ECTRA AND ECTRA.

[Chaotica]

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

He didn't say that yesterday, did he? What a damn hypocrite he is.

[random guy]

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

He didn't say that yesterday, did he? What a damn hypocrite he is.

No, but he's said it about a million times in the past.

[L.S.D]

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

He didn't say that yesterday, did he? What a damn hypocrite he is.

No, but he's said it about a million times in the past.

Well, he did say that, sort of...indirectly

 

Howard: We’re not cowed

 

CANBERRA: Australia would not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy yesterday, Prime Minister John Howard said.

 

The blast came as Howard, a close US ally, campaigned for an Oct 9 election and just two days before the third anniversary of the Sept 11 hijacked aircraft attacks on the United States.

 

“This is not a nation that is going to be intimidated by acts of terrorism,” Howard told reporters in Melbourne.

 

Opposition Labor leader Mark Latham described the bombing as “evil and barbaric.”

 

 

DEFIANT: An Australian flag flying near a damaged building following a blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta.--APpic.

Howard and Latham have clashed over Australia's role in Iraq, with Latham saying Australian involvement puts it at greater risk of terror attacks.

 

Latham wants Australia's 850 troops in Iraq and the Gulf home by Christmas, a policy stand that has angered Washington, but Howard is adamant they will remain as long as they are needed.

 

Security analysts have warned the rift between Australia's political parties over Iraq has made the country more vulnerable to a Madrid-style attack.

 

Like Australia's Labor, Spain's Socialist Party vowed to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq. The Socialists kept that promise after winning the March 11 elections, three days after 191 people were killed in co-ordinated train bombings in Madrid blamed on Islamic militants.

 

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who was due to go to Jakarta yesterday, said Australia had no information about who was responsible for the bomb, but added it was reasonable to suspect the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah network was involved.

 

“Naturally enough our suspicions turn to Jemaah Islamiah,” Downer told reporters in Adelaide.

 

“It is clearly a terrorist attack. It was outside the Australian embassy. You would have to conclude that it was directed towards Australia,” Downer said in Adelaide.

 

More than 100 people were injured in the Jakarta blast.

 

Australia has never suffered a major terror attack on home soil but Jemaah Islamiah has been blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians.

 

Australia's foreign office warned Australians yesterday to defer all non-essential travel to Indonesia and advised those in the country to consider leaving if they were concerned for their safety.

 

The foreign office also said that Australia's consulate-general in Bali had been closed after the blast.

 

“We continue to receive reports that terrorists in the region are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners,” Australia's foreign affairs department said in its upgraded travel warning on Thursday.

 

Downer was due to lead a delegation to Jakarta which included Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty, opposition politicians, intelligence agents and police bomb experts. – Reuters

[montpics]

Those bombings in Indonesia were never stopped, thinking they could control the whole nations? Blast! Those guerrilas were never stopped doing this, (they were pretty narrow minded, I believe) and never think of the consequences of doing that. I am just glad I live in peaceful place.

 

My condolences to Indonesian people and the victims.

[random guy]

And our prime-minister said our involvement in Iraq doesn't make us more of a terrorist target. Ppft.

He didn't say that yesterday, did he? What a damn hypocrite he is.

No, but he's said it about a million times in the past.

Well, he did say that, sort of...indirectly

 

Howard: We’re not cowed

 

CANBERRA: Australia would not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy yesterday, Prime Minister John Howard said.

 

The blast came as Howard, a close US ally, campaigned for an Oct 9 election and just two days before the third anniversary of the Sept 11 hijacked aircraft attacks on the United States.

 

“This is not a nation that is going to be intimidated by acts of terrorism,” Howard told reporters in Melbourne.

 

Opposition Labor leader Mark Latham described the bombing as “evil and barbaric.”

 

 

DEFIANT: An Australian flag flying near a damaged building following a blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta.--APpic.

Howard and Latham have clashed over Australia's role in Iraq, with Latham saying Australian involvement puts it at greater risk of terror attacks.

 

Latham wants Australia's 850 troops in Iraq and the Gulf home by Christmas, a policy stand that has angered Washington, but Howard is adamant they will remain as long as they are needed.

 

Security analysts have warned the rift between Australia's political parties over Iraq has made the country more vulnerable to a Madrid-style attack.

 

Like Australia's Labor, Spain's Socialist Party vowed to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq. The Socialists kept that promise after winning the March 11 elections, three days after 191 people were killed in co-ordinated train bombings in Madrid blamed on Islamic militants.

 

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who was due to go to Jakarta yesterday, said Australia had no information about who was responsible for the bomb, but added it was reasonable to suspect the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah network was involved.

 

“Naturally enough our suspicions turn to Jemaah Islamiah,” Downer told reporters in Adelaide.

 

“It is clearly a terrorist attack. It was outside the Australian embassy. You would have to conclude that it was directed towards Australia,” Downer said in Adelaide.

 

More than 100 people were injured in the Jakarta blast.

 

Australia has never suffered a major terror attack on home soil but Jemaah Islamiah has been blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians.

 

Australia's foreign office warned Australians yesterday to defer all non-essential travel to Indonesia and advised those in the country to consider leaving if they were concerned for their safety.

 

The foreign office also said that Australia's consulate-general in Bali had been closed after the blast.

 

“We continue to receive reports that terrorists in the region are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners,” Australia's foreign affairs department said in its upgraded travel warning on Thursday.

 

Downer was due to lead a delegation to Jakarta which included Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty, opposition politicians, intelligence agents and police bomb experts. – Reuters

I reckon Howard wanted to turn this event to his advantage during the debate - he tried to pull the whole "cut and run" thing on Latham again (that it'd encourage terrorists etc...). But then Latham turned it around brilliantly by saying that the best way to protect Australia is to have the troops and focus our attention on the Asia-pacific region.