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« on: July 16, 2009, 08:16:51 PM »
Radio here is reporting a bomb blast in Jakarta - may have flattened The Marriott...

Don't have any further details yet.

Lunar's over there, and I have another friend over there, too. Hope they're okay.
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2009, 08:22:25 PM »
« Edited: July 16, 2009, 09:01:37 PM by Smid »
http://www.theage.com.au/world/bombs-explode-at-two-hotels-in-jakarta-20090717-dnk0.html

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25795233-661,00.html - reports of at least three injured victims removed.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25795305-25837,00.html - reports that at least four have been killed.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2009, 08:29:30 PM »
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/838631/bombs-explode-at-jakarta-hotels
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2009, 08:35:18 PM »
different city.  Hopefully my current hotel, which is only two stories, won't be targeted
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2009, 09:02:53 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on July 16, 2009, 08:35:18 PM
different city.  Hopefully my current hotel, which is only two stories, won't be targeted

What's the reaction over there?

EDIT:

Almost forgot.  My sincere condolences to the families all those cravenly murdered in these atrocities, and my hopes that those responsible for these despicable acts are swiftly brought to justice.
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2009, 09:24:47 PM »
The news here is covering it nonstop.  Not sure how else to measure the reaction.  Looks like mostly Indonesian workers were killed...  they say only two dead foreigners have been identified so far.

Crossing my fingers that this crap stays in Jakarta though.  If it's island-wide, I could be screwed Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2009, 09:26:28 PM »
Quote from: John Wellington Wells on July 16, 2009, 09:02:53 PM

my hopes that those responsible for these despicable acts are swiftly brought to justice.

Alas, they were suicide attacks almost certainly. 
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2009, 12:36:34 AM »
What city are you in?
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2009, 01:18:18 AM »
« Edited: July 17, 2009, 01:20:26 AM by Lunar »
Normally I'm in Salatiga, a town in central Java with almost no white people, but I'm in vacation and interviewing some folks in Yogyakarta, the second most popular tourist destination in Indonesia.

Went searching for some underground comics today [i'm so cool], my taxi driver called the terrorists "orang gila" -- crazy people, the term you'd use for people who belong in mental hospitals.  I think that's the general consensus of Indonesians about such folks.
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