Bombing in Jakarta
 

Was on my way to work when I herd the loud bang. All of the sudden, crap load of cops started going toward one. Then behind my car, a fleet of the bomb squad was driving at a high speed with the anti-terror squad behind them. Very surreal. Though not the first time I've seen it.

Report say it might be a suicide bombings and I have a feeling the intel community here will zero in at the usual suspects. Hopefully they'll break some skulls. People here are literally pissed off and some people have formed vigilante group to go after fanatic groups.

Well at least you are ok!!

Be safe!!!

Glad to hear you are okay - my friend in the city was in his office, but often frequents restaurants near the bombing site.

Glad that you're okay.

I thought of you since I know you're still there, glad to know you're okay.

I mentioned it to my boss and when he looked online he couldn't find anything about it, he had to scroll down to world on CNN. The newest update is that they were suicide bombers that were guests.

Glad you're safe!

Glad you're alright. Vigilante justice can be an awful thing. Here in OKC, following our bombing, there were murders and beatings of innocent Muslims after the federal building was bombed.

Glad you're safe!!

Seems the backlash has been quick and severe. 3 shot dead by the cops, and score of people arrested. A magazine and a website shut down. That's by the government.

The people themselves have also reacted angrily. Mosque that were teaching Wahabis doctrine were closed down by the people and preachers who advocated terrorism were now yelled down and most of them have retreated.

Even political parties that had members who supported these fanatics are scrambling to get rid of those members.

They still interview former terrorists on tv, but now those members are always being watched by the intel community. One of them complain that he can't even go to the toilet without seeing new faces just staring at him.

There was a new conference by a suspected terrorsit and his lawyers at a local mosque. The local people got angry that he used a mosque and literally shut down the conference and told the suspect that he is no longer welcome in the community.

One of the suicide bomber was a teenager. His parents was shocked and obviously pissed at the group. The mom went on national tv and called Noordin M Top, the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, a coward who needs to be shot in the head. While his older brother apologized for the action and called anyone who supported the action an idiot.

Damn.

THAT is how you handle terrorism.

I knew there were attacks, but I'm surprised to see you claim "murders." Is this stuff that didn't make the national news?

The struggle continue, this morning, there was a shooting in the outskirt city of Solo. 4 dead and the police found bombs ready to use at anytime.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...cQ4bBE-tkg5vVg

The number 1 most wanted terrorist in South East Asia dead.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/...militants.html

I'm pretty sure I recall one young man was killed near my undergrad institution. Of course, this was a (relatively) long time ago.

I don't know if it's what you're thinking about, but I remember a Sikh being murdered after 9/11 because the murder thought he was a Muslim.