Sunday, October 26, 2008

Bali Bombers PLN 5

I read "Bali Bombers Execution date set" by Ivan Armiyanto, what matters to Ivan is that the people who died in the bombings get justice for their deaths. Ivan wrote about the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia, where 202 people were killed by two suicide bombers in seperate nightclubs across the street from each other. The first bomber wore a vest strapped with explosives and went into Paddy's pub, and detonated his bomb. Just as people were evacuating Paddy's pub a white Mitsubishi van pulled up in front of Sari's club, located across the street from Paddy's pub, and the 1.125 ton bomb inside the van was detonated, killing dozens more. Ivan is very horrified that something like this could happen and so closely affect him and the place that he lives. Ivan wrote in his article that he was relieved to see that the three organizers of the bombings; Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron, and Amrozi, who is also known as the smiling bomber are scheduled to be put to death by firing squad in early November. Despite pleading that it was the islamic belief and values that led them to bomb a tourist-filled area of Bali. I can connect how Ivan feels to me because i know that i would also feel terrified and unsafe knowing that terrorists could strike close to me at any time. This also connects to myself and the world because there have been many other mindless acts of terrorism, Like 9/11 that have affected everyone in the world and left a certain scar in all of our hearts.

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