Jakarta Bomb Blast
dh | 06.08.2003 10:34
Conflicting stories from the news sources, whilst the official line gets itself sorted, and the Americans demonstrate foreknowledge of the explosion(s)
Terrorist Attack on the Marriot Hotel Complex in Jakarta
August 6th, 2003
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POWERFUL EXPLOSION: A powerful bomb exploded on Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m. just outside the JW Marriott Hotel on Jl. Dr Satrio in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, killing 13 people, and injuring 149 others. Earlier today, the news came out that a terrorist attack has been committed against the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta, killing at least 13 people and wounding many more.
There were four blasts: Eyewitness
JAKARTA (JP): An eyewitness described four separate blasts at the JW Marriot Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday.
"I was going to take some pictures after the first blast when suddenly the second blast hit after about 10 minutes. The second was the largest of four," a journalist told The Jakarta Post.
He said the second blast was the one that caused the crater in the hotel's Sailendra Restaurant.
"I saw a hole in the floor of the restaurant going through to the basement.
"I also saw two smaller explosions on the upper floors of the hotel," he said
As eyewitnesses report four blasts, at least two of which took place on the upper floors of the Marriot Hotel, other media is talking about just one carbomb :
Hotel blast 'caused by suicide bomber'
JAKARTA (JP): The explosion at the JW Marriot Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, was a suicide bombing, a senior minister said on Tuesday.
"It is definitely a suicide bombing using a car," saidCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the scene of the explosion.
National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said police had found the wreckage of a Kijang minivan believed to have been used in the explosion.
"Our officers found the car's engine and chassis registration numbers, as well as its number plate," he said.
"Based on this information we will start our investigation to find the culprits," he said.
US Embassy cancelled the booking of Marriott Hotel 4.5 hours before the explosion.
There was something interesting happened just hours before the explosion shocked the JW Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South
Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or
only 4.5 hours before the explosion.
This information is from employee of Marriot Hotel who refused to be identified. He explained that the booking was made several days ago.
The US Embassy's guests were planned to stay for 3 days. And the ceremony was planned on Wednesday.
For information, when there was the explosion, the security of US Embassy directly came to the Marriot Hotel in Mega Kuningan. JW
Marriot Hotel is known to be used frequently by US Embassy. On 4 July 2003, the Independent Day of US was celebrated on this hotel. Last
year, it was also celebrated there.
CNN: Jakarta forensic teams find possible Bali link in Car Bomb ingredients
At least 10 killed in hotel blast in Indonesian capital
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 3:55 PM EDT (1955 GMT)
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 3:55 PM EDT (1955 GMT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Searching through rubble, forensic experts have found clues that could link Tuesday's bomb blast at a Jakarta, Indonesia, hotel to attacks last year in Bali, CNN has learned.
At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful car bomb was detonated at lunch hour Tuesday at the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in central Jakarta, authorities said.
Indonesian officials said a Dutch national was among the dead, and U.S. State Department officials said at least two Americans were hurt. An earlier report that an American was killed was inaccurate.
Several Australians and Singaporeans also were wounded in the attack, Indonesian officials said.
Forensics experts said one of the bomb ingredients was potassium chlorate -- the chemical used in October's Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people. Indonesian police have blamed the Bali attacks on the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been linked to al Qaeda.
Last month, a raid on a suspected terrorist bomb-making factory netted a large quantity of potassium chlorate and a suspected member of the group.
No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on the Marriott hotel, but suspicion surrounds Jemaah Islamiyah. In the past few weeks, police have said there were warnings that the group might be planning a major attack.
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri briefly visited the scene of devastation Tuesday evening, and her government is expected to announce stricter security measures Wednesday.
White House spokesman Scott McLellan said: "This is a deplorable attack on innocent civilians. We are fully prepared to assist in any way possible to bring those responsible to justice."
He added the attack was a reminder that the global war on terrorism is ongoing. "The war continues, and we will not stop until we have disrupted, dismantled and defeated these terrorist organizations," he said.
The blast occurred about 12:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, shattering scores of plate-glass windows in the 33-floor luxury hotel, which is popular with expatriate business executives.
CNN's Atika Shubert, reporting from the scene, said the explosion was powerful, with debris strewn across a wide area in front of the hotel. (On the Scene: Atika Shubert)
Pools of blood and broken glass littered the driveway running past the hotel complex.
One hotel guest, Australian tourist Simon Leuning, had just checked in and was relaxing in his room when the explosion occurred. "The window blew in, blew me across the room," he told Reuters Television. "I got out of there as fast as I could." (Blast scene)
Most of the dead and wounded were in the hotel lobby.
Ties to Bali bombing trial?
Tuesday's attack bears the hallmark of Jemaah Islamiyah, which aims "to inflict mass casualties, as was the case in Bali," said Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert with the Singapore-based Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies.
"[Jemaah Islamiyah] is very much intact and operational," Gunaratna said. "This attack could have been timed to coincide with the trial of the Bali bombers."
A verdict is due this week in the case of the so-called "smiling bomber" -- the man accused of planting the bombs in the nightclub attacks on the Indonesian island of Bali. (Bomber awaits fate)
Investigators said Jemaah Islamiyah funded the Bali bombers.
Jemaah Islamiyah's alleged spiritual leader, radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'ashir, is also on trial for a series of bombings in 2000.
Hotel security considered tight
Visitors to the JW Marriott said the hotel had implemented stringent security checks, including metal detectors, and was considered to be one of the most secure hotels in the city.
The hotel, part of the U.S.-owned international chain, is near a number of foreign embassies and headquarters of several major multinational corporations.
It is also a popular venue for functions, and the U.S. ambassador used it to host July Fourth celebrations.
The Marriott opened in September 2001 and is situated to the south of Jakarta's city center in the newly developed Mega Kuningan commercial district.
For those who need information about employees and guests of the Jakarta Marriott, the company offers these numbers: Inside the United States, call (866) 211-4610, and outside the United States, call 011-402-390-3265.
Translation from article at
http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2003/08/05/20030805-183447.shtml
US Embassy cancelled the booking of Marriott Hotel 4.5 hours before
the explosion.
There was something interesting happened just hours before the
explosion shocked the JW Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South
Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that
hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or
only 4.5 hours before the explosion.
http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/jakarta.htm
http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2003/08/05/20030805-183447.shtml
Interestingly an early Sky News report told of a one hour bomb warning - allowing evacuation of most guests
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1099289,00.html
August 6th, 2003
Freedom Files Website Home Page
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POWERFUL EXPLOSION: A powerful bomb exploded on Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m. just outside the JW Marriott Hotel on Jl. Dr Satrio in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, killing 13 people, and injuring 149 others. Earlier today, the news came out that a terrorist attack has been committed against the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta, killing at least 13 people and wounding many more.
There were four blasts: Eyewitness
JAKARTA (JP): An eyewitness described four separate blasts at the JW Marriot Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday.
"I was going to take some pictures after the first blast when suddenly the second blast hit after about 10 minutes. The second was the largest of four," a journalist told The Jakarta Post.
He said the second blast was the one that caused the crater in the hotel's Sailendra Restaurant.
"I saw a hole in the floor of the restaurant going through to the basement.
"I also saw two smaller explosions on the upper floors of the hotel," he said
As eyewitnesses report four blasts, at least two of which took place on the upper floors of the Marriot Hotel, other media is talking about just one carbomb :
Hotel blast 'caused by suicide bomber'
JAKARTA (JP): The explosion at the JW Marriot Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, was a suicide bombing, a senior minister said on Tuesday.
"It is definitely a suicide bombing using a car," saidCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the scene of the explosion.
National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said police had found the wreckage of a Kijang minivan believed to have been used in the explosion.
"Our officers found the car's engine and chassis registration numbers, as well as its number plate," he said.
"Based on this information we will start our investigation to find the culprits," he said.
US Embassy cancelled the booking of Marriott Hotel 4.5 hours before the explosion.
There was something interesting happened just hours before the explosion shocked the JW Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South
Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or
only 4.5 hours before the explosion.
This information is from employee of Marriot Hotel who refused to be identified. He explained that the booking was made several days ago.
The US Embassy's guests were planned to stay for 3 days. And the ceremony was planned on Wednesday.
For information, when there was the explosion, the security of US Embassy directly came to the Marriot Hotel in Mega Kuningan. JW
Marriot Hotel is known to be used frequently by US Embassy. On 4 July 2003, the Independent Day of US was celebrated on this hotel. Last
year, it was also celebrated there.
CNN: Jakarta forensic teams find possible Bali link in Car Bomb ingredients
At least 10 killed in hotel blast in Indonesian capital
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 3:55 PM EDT (1955 GMT)
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 3:55 PM EDT (1955 GMT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Searching through rubble, forensic experts have found clues that could link Tuesday's bomb blast at a Jakarta, Indonesia, hotel to attacks last year in Bali, CNN has learned.
At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful car bomb was detonated at lunch hour Tuesday at the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in central Jakarta, authorities said.
Indonesian officials said a Dutch national was among the dead, and U.S. State Department officials said at least two Americans were hurt. An earlier report that an American was killed was inaccurate.
Several Australians and Singaporeans also were wounded in the attack, Indonesian officials said.
Forensics experts said one of the bomb ingredients was potassium chlorate -- the chemical used in October's Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people. Indonesian police have blamed the Bali attacks on the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been linked to al Qaeda.
Last month, a raid on a suspected terrorist bomb-making factory netted a large quantity of potassium chlorate and a suspected member of the group.
No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on the Marriott hotel, but suspicion surrounds Jemaah Islamiyah. In the past few weeks, police have said there were warnings that the group might be planning a major attack.
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri briefly visited the scene of devastation Tuesday evening, and her government is expected to announce stricter security measures Wednesday.
White House spokesman Scott McLellan said: "This is a deplorable attack on innocent civilians. We are fully prepared to assist in any way possible to bring those responsible to justice."
He added the attack was a reminder that the global war on terrorism is ongoing. "The war continues, and we will not stop until we have disrupted, dismantled and defeated these terrorist organizations," he said.
The blast occurred about 12:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, shattering scores of plate-glass windows in the 33-floor luxury hotel, which is popular with expatriate business executives.
CNN's Atika Shubert, reporting from the scene, said the explosion was powerful, with debris strewn across a wide area in front of the hotel. (On the Scene: Atika Shubert)
Pools of blood and broken glass littered the driveway running past the hotel complex.
One hotel guest, Australian tourist Simon Leuning, had just checked in and was relaxing in his room when the explosion occurred. "The window blew in, blew me across the room," he told Reuters Television. "I got out of there as fast as I could." (Blast scene)
Most of the dead and wounded were in the hotel lobby.
Ties to Bali bombing trial?
Tuesday's attack bears the hallmark of Jemaah Islamiyah, which aims "to inflict mass casualties, as was the case in Bali," said Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert with the Singapore-based Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies.
"[Jemaah Islamiyah] is very much intact and operational," Gunaratna said. "This attack could have been timed to coincide with the trial of the Bali bombers."
A verdict is due this week in the case of the so-called "smiling bomber" -- the man accused of planting the bombs in the nightclub attacks on the Indonesian island of Bali. (Bomber awaits fate)
Investigators said Jemaah Islamiyah funded the Bali bombers.
Jemaah Islamiyah's alleged spiritual leader, radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'ashir, is also on trial for a series of bombings in 2000.
Hotel security considered tight
Visitors to the JW Marriott said the hotel had implemented stringent security checks, including metal detectors, and was considered to be one of the most secure hotels in the city.
The hotel, part of the U.S.-owned international chain, is near a number of foreign embassies and headquarters of several major multinational corporations.
It is also a popular venue for functions, and the U.S. ambassador used it to host July Fourth celebrations.
The Marriott opened in September 2001 and is situated to the south of Jakarta's city center in the newly developed Mega Kuningan commercial district.
For those who need information about employees and guests of the Jakarta Marriott, the company offers these numbers: Inside the United States, call (866) 211-4610, and outside the United States, call 011-402-390-3265.
Translation from article at
http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2003/08/05/20030805-183447.shtml US Embassy cancelled the booking of Marriott Hotel 4.5 hours before
the explosion.
There was something interesting happened just hours before the
explosion shocked the JW Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South
Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that
hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or
only 4.5 hours before the explosion.
http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/jakarta.htm http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2003/08/05/20030805-183447.shtml Interestingly an early Sky News report told of a one hour bomb warning - allowing evacuation of most guests
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1099289,00.html
dh
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Suicide my ass.....!!
06.08.2003 13:18
the surface impact/debris area of the exposion indicates much more powerful explosives than the kind a "muslim extremist" or "nutter" or "deliberately govt inevented ficitous mind controlled patsy" could get hold of....Let me guess....
To carry out such a precise and multiple explosive act you would need um perhaps at least years of military training in explosives or DETS ,and you would er...also need to have been in the military to have known exactly how where and when to place thes obviously highly powerful explosive substances,,,,,,C4 or more than likely a Micro Nuclear explosive Device.....Did you notice the newsreel of the female police officer taking digital video shots of the building???...an admiration or recording or covert CIA/MOSSAD or SAS trained handiwork to be later thourughly gone through and critiqued for further refernce of the Dos and Do Nots for further planned Covert CIA?MOSSAD attacks on the unwitting gullible and vulnerable Joe Public......???By the way as those of you in the secret services club of child killers will know you cannot get hold of such high powered explosives like these without specific and written authoriastion from the highest ranking officer or head of any active military service units explosive dept...oh and byse by the way they don't make explosives in Jakarta ,so who shipped the micro-nukes and from where and which military experts tarined which amateur mickey mouse eastern defence force huh??
Bollockschops
micronukes my ass
06.08.2003 14:15
sceptic
Skeptic is spot on
06.08.2003 14:48
Thomas J
Thankyou but Thankyou
06.08.2003 15:15
You say that I should not bother to reply to your "expert opinion" about this "attack on amerikuhn valoebss{values}"
So according to your logic why would these fictitous terrorists attack "american values"
hundreds and thousands of miles away round on opposite side of this planet to er....America....
So listen "Thomas" when you are prepared to face your own stinking and murderous hypocrisy and step of that sugar pedestal of yours please let nme know.....
Because it is because of people like you that these murderous acts carried out by the memebrs of you and the CIA/MOSSAD/MI6 etc that millions of human beings ,are suffering needlessly.......
So drop the "American VAlues" supremely bullshit idealogy,and remind yourself how many countless brave and beaitiful native americans were sacrificed on your satanic altar for "American values" you stinking asshole
Bollockschops
Oh
06.08.2003 15:40
Thomas J
P.S.
06.08.2003 20:10
Twit.
Thomas J
Steady on boys
06.08.2003 20:31
The 4 points
1.The damage done would appear too extensive and internally penetrative to have been caused by a conventional bomb. Also there is another of these craters in the road, evident in the Bali explosion, but completely absent in eg Omagh.
2. The US Embassy is reported to have cancelled their booking for a suite of rooms a little prior to the explosion(s)
3. An eyewitness claims hearing 4 explosions
4. Sky news reported the evacuation of staff and guests before the explosion(s) - the story now goes of no warning
Every governmental announcement or media story needs to be treated as a probable fabrication in these times, especially where 'terrorism' is concerned
dh
back to the point
07.08.2003 07:42
concerned cityzen
pSy ops
09.08.2003 12:33
bollockschops