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Bombs and bombast in Indonesia

Bombs and bombast in Indonesia

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Sep 15, 2012
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It was a sobering week on the terrorist front. An accidental blast at an “orphanage” in the Jakarta suburb of Depok in last Saturday had a bit of a slapstick feel to it initially: inept terrorists do everybody a favor and blow themselves up before they do any real harm.

The Depok case, however, proved to be a lot more interesting than first thought. Auth…

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