online.wsj.com - 7/21/2009
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Associated Press The Ritz-Carlton hotel after the explosions in Jakarta
online.wsj.com - 7/17/2009
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online.wsj.com —
TOM WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Suicide bombers set
off explosions at two hotels here Friday morning that...
killed eight people and wounded 53, police said, in Indonesia's worst terrorist attack in four years. National Police Chief Gen. Bambang ...
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Suicide Bombers Blamed for Deadly Jakarta Blasts
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 7/17/2009
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(CNN) — President Obama has released a statement
on the recent bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia: Statement by...
the President on the bombings in Indonesia I strongly condemn the attacks that occurred this morning in Jakarta, and extend my deepest ...
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Obama releases statement on Indonesia attacks
littlegreenfootballs.com - 7/17/2009
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littlegreenfootballs.com —
A bombing attack at two hotels in Jakarta,
Indonesia, has killed at least four people . JAKARTA,...
July 17 (Bernama) — Two explosions occurred in Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta on Friday morning, killing at least four people and wounding tens of others, China’s Xinhua ...
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Terror Attack in Jakarta
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"The world that radical Islamists, both violent AND NONVIOLENT, seek to create"
The Corner on National Review Online —
... a five-star hotel represents an island of order and prosperity in a sea of squalor. It hints at the prosperity promised by free markets and a culture of individual liberty. It is living proof that the worldly can successfully be split from the divine. It also acts as a bridge to the West. For example, star players of Manchester United, the British soccer club, were scheduled to stay at the Ritz-Carlton before the attacks forced them to cancel their visit to Indonesia. Read it all, here . ...
Welcome to our world
Israel Matzav —
Welcome to our world A Wall Street Journal article about the weekend's attack on luxury hotels in Jakarta explains why the hotels are such attractive targets to Islamist terrorists. In a modern hotel, for example, men and women are treated equally. More effort is expended on segregating smokers from nonsmokers than on segregating the sexes. The bar, the gym and the swimming pool are gender-neutral spaces. Nobody seeks to enforce special dress codes on women. Nor would any international hotel dream of privileging one faith over another. By contrast, under the radical Islamic ...
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