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...week in which horror was both commonplace and elusive. Bombs exploded all over Southeast Asia; 189 died in an explosion Bali, and six were killed and 144 more injured in another terrorist act in the Philippines. No one has been charged in either case. The Washington gunman continues to snipe away; he's such a shadowy figure that even the few eyewitnesses to his murders have been so completely unable to reach any kind of consensus about he looks like that police would not release a sketch. The culprits in all these acts wreak havoc only to vanish...
...Wolfowitz: Bali a 'Wake-up Call' Indonesia's Own Bin Ladens Terror Hits Hard in Indonesia The Attack: In Their Own Words Assessing The Usual Suspects...
...PHOTO ESSAY Bali in the Aftermath...
...specifically Abu Bakr Bashir, a charismatic cleric alleged to be JI's spiritual leader (a charge he denies; in fact he denies that JI exists) with terror plots. Bashir denies any connection with violence, but is openly supportive of bin Laden and al-Qaeda. And he blamed the Bali blast on the U.S., accusing it of trying to implicate Indonesians in terror. Even if they don't agree with him, Bashir has some defenders in high places - including Vice President Hamza Haz, who echoed Bashir's accusation that the Bali blast had been "engineered...
...voice among many in Megawati's divided cabinet, where some ministers have been urging a crackdown on extremist groups. The Bali bombing is likely to strengthen their case by alienating the Indonesian public, for whom the impact of the catastrophic blow to the nation's all-important tourist industry will be felt most acutely in their pocket books. It's also a direct challenge both to Megawati's own regime and its relationship with the West, as well as to the military's ability to maintain domestic security...