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Jemaah Islamiyah Statement - Jakarta Bombing 9 Sept 2004

Pernyataan Jemaah Islamiyah berkaitan dengan ledakan bom di Kedubes Australia, Kuningan Jakarta, 9 September 2004.

Sumber berita dan terjemahan dari JI ‘claims Jakarta car bombing’

Sumber pernyataan dikabarkan dari situs forum: www.islamic-minbar.com (dalam bahasa arab)

“We decided to settle accounts with Australia, one of the worst enemies of God and Islam … and a mujahedeen brother succeeded in carrying out a martyr operation with a car bomb against the Australian embassy”

“We advise all Australians in Indonesia to leave, or we will make it a grave for them, God willing, in the war against our brothers in Iraq and supported the invading forces.”

“In the case of (the government) not complying with our demands, we will direct numerous painful blows, God willing, against them and the queue of car bombs will not stop.”

“It is the first of a series of attacks. … We advise Australians in Indonesia to leave this country or else we will transform it into a cemetery for them”

SIGNED
Jemaah Islamiyah in eastern Asia — department of information — Indonesia.

Chronology of terrorist attacks in Indonesia

A bomb explosion occurred Thursday outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, which killed at least eleven people and wounded more than 100. The blast has been widely condemned by the international community.

The following are the main terror attacks in Indonesia in recent years.

• Jan. 10, 2004 — Four people are killed and three are injured by a bomb in a cafe in Palopo on central Sulawesi island.

• Aug. 5, 2003 — A car bomb explodes in front of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in central Jakarta, killing 12 people and wounding 149. Fifteen Islamic militants alleged to be members of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah regional terror group have been convicted over the blast.

• Dec. 5, 2002 — A bomb explodes outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Sulawesi, killing three people and wounding 11 others. Jemaah Islamiyah-linked militants are blamed for the blast.

• Oct. 12, 2002 — Just before midnight, two bombs explode almost simultaneously in a night club district on the tourist island of Bali, killing 202 people, most of whom are foreign tourists. Thirty-three alleged Jemaah Islamiyah operatives have been convicted so far and three have been sentenced to death.

• June 6, 2002 — An explosion occurs on a bus in Sulawesi Province, killing four people and wounding 17 others.

• Dec. 25, 2000 — Bombs explode at 11 churches across the country on Christmas Eve, killing 19 people and injuring about 100.The attacks have been blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah.

• Sept. 13, 2000 — A car bomb explodes inside the garage of the Jakarta Stock Exchange building, killing 10 people and injuring 16.Police claim Acehnese separatists rebels are behind the explosion.

• Aug. 1, 2000 — A blast kills two people and seriously injures the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia.

• April 19, 1999 — The ground floor of Jakarta’s main Istiqlal mosque is damaged by a bomb allegedly set off by Jemaah Islamiyah.No one is injured. Enditem