Blast hits U.S. restaurant in Indonesia's capital

AP via MSNBC ^ | 11/11/2006 | staff

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bomb exploded at an American fast food restaurant in the Indonesian capital on Saturday, seriously wounding a man believed to have been carrying the device.

Al-Qaida-linked militants have carried out several bombings in the country in recent years. But police declined to speculate on the motive behind this blast, which comes less than two weeks before President Bush was due to visit Indonesia.

Police said the bomber was “unprofessional,” indicating he was not linked to Islamic militants responsible for a string of well-organized and deadly blasts on Western targets in Indonesia since 2002.

The low-explosive device shattered windows and broke chairs at the A&W restaurant in a shopping mall rarely visited by foreigners, police spokesman Col. Ketut Untung Yoga told el-Shinta radio station. Bomb squads quickly arrived on the scene, and the mall in eastern Jakarta was shut down and surrounded by police.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

al-Qaeda keeps getting dumber all the time. It's a fact, terrorism rots your brain.

[himno hero]

imagine that , failing at being a suicide bomber....

[Izzy Dunne]

the bomber was “unprofessional,”

Guess that's why they call him a "militant", and not a "terrorist".

[freeangel]

So, the bomber was not a profesional? I wonder, how does a suicide bomber develop a lengthy reputation?

[colonialhk]

American fast food.....lol
Some rich Indonesian Chinese guy owns it They are reaching for an explanation of why these people continue to kill themselves So if the local Kibbe stand in Detroit gets hit would it be a Muslim Middle Eastern Arab or ethnic restaurant being targeted a Hate crime perhaps.... They would like to blame George Bush, Rummy and us but that is a bit of a reach for the MSM on this one.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"This guy could f&%$ up a cup of coffee."

[operation clinton cleanup]

Indonesia has A&Ws? I wondered where they all went to!

[Post-Neolithic]

Is it just me or does it seem like there are 10X as many threats/bombings from the muzzies since the Dems won the House and Senate? Makes you wonder just what they will be doing when the Democrats actually take office in January.

[metmom]

seriously wounding a man believed to have been carrying the device.

imagine that , failing at being a suicide bomber....

LOL! Better luck next time.

[metmom]

the bomber was “unprofessional,”

Guess that's why they call him a "militant", and not a "terrorist".

That's why they call him *seriously wounded*.

[doug from upland]

This is going to keep happening everywhere around the world. The Islamists think they have won.

[sheik yerbouty]

Due to their electile dysfunction, premature jihadulation in the Islamic world is nearly pandemic..

[LoudRepublicangirl]

seriously wounding a man believed to have been carrying the device.



Hopefully his serious wound will keep him from procreating more little terrorists.