Suicide bombing in Jakarta

[Lethality]

We live in interesting times. Three police killed in suspected suicide bombing in Jakarta: There were two blasts in Kampung Melayu that went off five minutes apart late in the evening, police said in a statement.

Suspected to be another IS attack.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-blast-idUSKBN18K25E

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA
Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit raided the home of a suspected suicide bomber on Thursday as authorities linked attacks that killed three police officers at a Jakarta bus station a day earlier to the Islamic State militant group.

Six police officers and six civilians were also wounded in the twin blasts set off five minutes apart by two attackers in the Kampung Melayu area of the Indonesian capital late on Wednesday, police said.

The attack was the deadliest in Indonesia since January 2016, when eight people were killed, four of them attackers, after suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the capital.

 

[SBYM]

Will be very interesting to see how the authorities there react, given the current state of affairs, that is.

 

[Power Raid]

Indo needs another dictator

its not ready for democracy

 

[Seeds]

Indo needs another dictator

its not ready for democracy

You mean like the one who caused financial collapse in the late 90s?

 

[Run n Spread]

Indo needs another dictator

its not ready for democracy

Why?

What does that bring the tally up to World Wide this week?

This ain't a solely Indonesian thing. Although the increasing extremism is a very real worry for us.

 

[Proud SJW]

Indo needs another dictator

its not ready for democracy

Yep. A lot of stars need to align before a democratic republic can be really successful.

But I'd surmise you were thinking of someone with similar attributes to Lee Kuan Yew.

Took Singapore from a backwater to an economic powerhouse within the space of 30 odd years.
Had to do it under the guise of a democratically-elected government, but once in he ruled with the proverbial iron fist... and perhaps took a few liberties with the law staying in power too.
But that man was playing the game for his grandchildren, not himself. Extraordinary vision.

A good dictator is probably something a lot of nations need, really, but unfortunately the downside is that you have to roll the dice... and that dice is loaded.

 

[Power Raid]

You mean like the one who caused financial collapse in the late 90s?

not a great example

I prefer the Singapore example

 

[midorigreenwood]

not a great example

I prefer the Singapore example

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05SINGAPORE2073_a.html

The problem of Islamic terrorism would not be easily
extirpated, observed MM Lee. While Muslims in Southeast Asia
were traditionally moderate and tolerant, they had been
affected by radicalism emanating from Middle East and the
spread of wahhabism from Saudi Arabia. Singapore's Muslim
leaders were rational and educated in English and the GOS
kept a limit on madrassah-based education. He stressed that
moderate Muslims had to be encouraged to stand up and speak
out against radicalism. They needed confidence that they
could win. We could get to the tipping point, noted MM Lee,
but he didn't know how long it would take.

4. (C) MM Lee said Islamic terrorists would continue to use
violence until shown that their methods would not succeed.
If they were successful in Iraq, they would try to topple
secular governments in other countries, such as Indonesia.
PM Lee said Singapore supported U.S. efforts in Iraq; it was
important to get the Iraqi government working, with a
security force that could take over from U.S. forces and fend
for itself.

5. (C) Asked by Rep. Rangel how organized terrorists were
internationally, MM Lee responded that orthodox Islam was a
powerful force capable of recruiting volunteers for terrorist
groups. He noted Singapore's experience in 2001 and 2002 in
dealing with Jemaah Islamiyah's terrorist plots in Singapore
and characterized Islam as a "venomous religion."

 

[Power Raid]

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05SINGAPORE2073_a.html

Islam spread through SE Asia by terror raids of convert or else. It is a shame we don't see this history taught in schools globally.

We are still seeing this today in places like Indo, the Philippines, Burma and elsewhere. Sadly democracy can't protect its citizens as a democracy by nature is weak when dealing with internal struggles.

 

[skilts]

'Jakarta?'

"No, she came of her own accord."