Terrorist attack?

[Jan]

I have just been watching the news footage of the the bomb devastation in the tourist area in Bali :crysad:

http://abc.net.au/news/2002/10/item20021013061449_1.htm

[The Red Guy]

Guess this makes the US citizens more bent on bringing terrorists to justice, and add to Bush's intention to get rid of Saddam hussein.

[Jan]

I don't think this was the work of Hussein :chinese2:

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is considered the chief suspect.

[sonichost.net]

I saw that on CNN. Very, very sad indeed. :cry2:

It makes me think "What's going to happen today?" when I get up in the morning.

[Jan]

A second plane load of bomb victims arrived in Darwin an hour ago, the first one arrived at midnight my time. One died on the flight :cry2:

[trenzterra]

Ahh well the 'weeks after september 11, they may attack' thingy was true...


Read it on news yesterday morning.

[Jan]

The world leaders speak out in this article.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5282897%255E1702,00.html

[Editor]

We've just read that a client has finally received word that her brother (who was nearby) is safe and sound. Some good news, at least.

Cheers

Gary

[Jan]

Originally posted by Editor
Some good news, at least.
Indeed...I hope we get a lot more good news out of this carnage :cry2: The sights I have seen today on TV ....well I am just glad I wasn't there to witness it. The survivors will have nightmares for years with what they have been through, especially the able bodied who helped the severely injured and *looked past* the dead. True heros.....

[Editor]

Just heard that x amount of Australians have been discovered as having been evacuated to a Singapore hospital. Hopefully that makes the "unknown" toll look a little better soon.

Gary

[kryton]

Originally posted by The Red Guy
Guess this makes the US citizens more bent on bringing terrorists to justice, and add to Bush's intention to get rid of Saddam hussein.

Even though Saddam had nothing to do with this, awful event. I'm sure it will add more to Bush's intention to get rid of Saddam hussein

[Jan]

Hey Adam, you should give your newspaper reporter a geography lesson :biggrin2:

The London-based Sun newspaper declared: "The World Weeps Again: Bomb kills 187 in Australia's 9/11".
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5288474%255E401,00.html

[The Red Guy]

Some idiot Islam militant cleric claim "the US president did it as he wanted to have an excuse to wage war on Muslims and Islam. we must not fall for his trap". This is the lamest thing I've seen!!!

[Space Ghost]

Jan, The Sun is saying because of the number of Aussies :cry2: that died, they are saying its Australia's Experience of 9/11!!

[kryton]

My god have really 187 died? I sure I heard a much smaller number yesterday afternoon on TV. But of this 187 are most that have died locals or Aussies?

[Dean]

Aussies, per capita theres been more losses than americans on 9/11

[Daniel]

Originally posted by The Red Guy
Some idiot Islam militant cleric claim "the US president did it as he wanted to have an excuse to wage war on Muslims and Islam. we must not fall for his trap". This is the lamest thing I've seen!!!

Well it's true unless your pro-american. :rolleyes:

And let the flames begin...

Anyhow, I express my sympathy too all those that died in the car bombings. :cry2: Sad, sad, sad, place we live in.

[allanh]

Originally posted by Jan
I don't think this was the work of Hussein :chinese2:

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is considered the chief suspect.


However, it is not doubt the work of Al Qaeda, which is backed by Hussain.

I guess all those protestors ( which may include some of the victims and their families) who hold protests against President Bush and John Howard for wanting to deal with Iraq should start to change their minds now.

[The Red Guy]

Now a few australians attacked the muslims in a report! This is going out of hand, any chance a racial clash?

[Jan]

Ummmmmm what report is that? :confused2

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Jan
Ummmmmm what report is that? :confused2 In the local Channel U chinese news report.

[Jan]

And what did we do according to that channel? :chinese2:

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Jan
And what did we do according to that channel? :chinese2: A Muslim guy says that last night 20 aussies went to his residential area and tried to destroy the wall, which was made of some alumminium or something. Then it scared his children and everyone who's a Muslim in that area. The police denied 20 people making trouble, identifying 2 to be the cause.

[Editor]

This was last night in Sydney, about 24 hours ago. If I remember the news report correctly, the Father is involved with a local Muslim school.

Regards

Gary

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Editor
This was last night in Sydney, about 24 hours ago. If I remember the news report correctly, the Father is involved with a local Muslim school.

Yes, and if I remember the school was attacked also right?

[Editor]

I don't know. The showed the school during the report, but I think that was just to show where the Father and kids attended and that they were still trying to remain open. The actualy damage was only to the private home I believe. Either way, it's a worry.

Gary

[Jan]

Oh yeah, we had a few of those dipsticks running around after September 11, as did many countries. Sad! :cry2:

[Jan]

WOW! John Howard is human! :eek: What a tearjerking speech he made at the memorial service in Bali :crysad: :classic2:

[The Red Guy]

John Howard's a good speaker and motivator, but never thought he could be a more emotional Bush. :cry2:

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by allanh



However, it is not doubt the work of Al Qaeda, which is backed by Hussain.

I guess all those protestors ( which may include some of the victims and their families) who hold protests against President Bush and John Howard for wanting to deal with Iraq should start to change their minds now.

Seriously, who said this had anything to do with Hussein? And who said that Hussein backs Al Qaeda? They are merely theories provided by George Bush who needs some excuse to attack Iraq. There might be evidence, but you'd be better off finding evidence that Ariel Sharon ordered war crimes to be committed in Israel.

Anyway, this is terrible, and I really hope that the criminals will get the punishment they deserve.

[Jan]

I just got this in an email....



THE SPIRIT OF OZ

You hurt us bombing Bali, but we can take the pain,
But if you think you'll beat us, you can think a-bloody-gain
We battled at Gallipoli and we fought the bloody hun
Of all the arseholes we've had to face, you're just another one

You won't get your hands dirty, you won't fire a gun
Whenever danger threatens you just pack your gear and run
You brainwash innocent children to do your evil deeds
Careful not to let them know just where it really leads

You get them to believe all your bigotry and lying
Until they cannot see that there's no glory in their dying
Now we'd like to pose a question, answer if you can
Where does your holy book tell you to kill your fellow man?

Now listen hard and listen well, we're giving you the word
You're never gonna beat us, you spineless bloody turd
You'd never face us personally, you haven't got the guts
You know that if you ever did we'd have your bloody nuts

Our spirit is unbroken, and our heads are still unbowed
We sure as hell aren't scared of you and your gutless crowd
So get your act together -- you'll never win because
What you're really up against is the spirit that is OZ

:cool:

[Editor]

Terrific. Permission to reproduce? Attributions? I could think of a few places where that needs to be sent to. :)

Gary

[Jan]

No sorry mate, that is all there was, I would love to use it too. You could always use the author unknown thingy and hope someone will get back to you with the original author. :classic2:

[The Red Guy]

This ought to be read out on public television or something!

[Editor]

Originally posted by Jan
You could always use the author unknown thingy and hope someone will get back to you with the original author. :classic2:

No worries. I've done that instead. Great piece of work.

Gary

[Jan]

Update on the worldwide (known) death toll is now 192 with an Australian and a Canadian dying today as a result of their severe injuries :cry2:

[Editor]

Bah, it's not good is it.

G

[The Red Guy]

It has hurt my country! Blast, now Singapore is being lumped together with the other countries in SEA as being unsafe, although Singapore has already caught dozens of them. The economy's gonna suffer again. :mad: