Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6662|NT, like Mick Dundee

BBC wrote:

At least six people have been killed in two separate explosions at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police say.

The country's Metro TV reported that one blast hit the Ritz-Carlton and the other, the Marriott Hotel.

Television footage showed the facade of one of the hotels had been torn off by the blast.

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani, outside the Marriott, said ambulances are present and security is extremely tight.

South Jakarta police Col Firman Bundi said four people who died were foreigners, reported AP.


"There were explosions heard from two separate places, one the JW Marriott, the other in the Ritz Carlton," he said.

"We are still trying to check because right now we are still helping the victims," he said.

Myra Junor, who witnessed the blasts from a nearby building, told Reuters windows on the lower floors of the Ritz-Carlton had shattered.

Ambulances are continuing to arrive on the scene and there is a heavy police presence, says our correspondent.

The two hotels are in Jakarta's central business district.

The explosions come two weeks after presidential elections in Indonesia.
Article is an hour old... Anybody want to speculate as to who is responsible?

Last edited by Flecco (2009-07-16 19:30:07)

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6672|Canberra, AUS
Remnants of JI.

To be expected, it's been very quiet for a long time. If they think it's going to stop Indonesia's progress to a stable democracy, they're five years late.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
AussieReaper
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Hitting two luxury tourist motels. You can guess who they want to target.

Problem is, as with all terrorism, they end up targeting the locals who they want to be supportive of their cause.

This will cripple the tourism economy for a few months, and the terrorists lose more support.
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maffiaw
ph33r me 傻逼
+40|6418|Melbourne, AUS
Here we go again...
nickb64
formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]
+77|5608|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

maffiaw wrote:

Here we go again...
We should Nuke The Moon!!!


http://www.imao.us/index.php/a-realisti … e-the-moon

Last edited by nickb64 (2009-07-16 21:42:09)

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