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Asia Times piece on Jakarta bombers

This one is worth reading. In our almost-singleminded focus on Afghanistan-Pakistan, we in the United States barely stopped to consider the July bombings in Indonesia. But what is most interesting is what we might learn from whether they are connected to Al Qaeda and individuals outside of Indonesia, and what the bombers did as a reflection of their “handlers” tactical and operational objectives.

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KG29Ae01.html

http://www.atimes.com

What made Jakarta suicide bombers tick
By John McBeth

Date posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Posted in: Terrorism
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From shaun waterman:
very interesting article. thanks for flagging it

Posted: August 25th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

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