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Elite squad guns down Bali bomb mastermind
Times Online (article from The Sunday Times) ^ | August 9, 2009 | Dewi Loveard

Posted on 08/08/2009 9:10:57 PM PDT by myknowledge

AN ELITE Indonesian police squad has killed a man believed to be the most wanted Islamic militant in southeast Asia, Noordin Mohammad Top, who was linked to bombings in Jakarta and on the island of Bali.

Officers of Detachment 88 stormed a house amid green rice paddies in central Java yesterday morning, using robot cameras to find their target as they blasted from room to room with grenades.

The man made a last stand inside the bathroom as walls shattered around him, screaming out the name, “Noordin Top”, before black-clad marksmen fired volleys of shots into the room, witnesses said.

It was the climax to a 17-hour siege that followed a swoop on militants in the town of Temanggung, 250 miles southeast of Jakarta.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: balibombing; banglist; detachment88; globaljihad; gwot; indonesia; jihad; leo; mastermind; noordinmohammedtop; police; terrorist; tm; top; wot
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Noordin Mohammed Top was killed in a shootout with Indonesian counterterrorist police in this house.

Noordin Mohammed Top.

1 posted on 08/08/2009 9:10:57 PM PDT by myknowledge
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It’s sad that he is facing a second death sentence but he made his choice and is now unable to rectify that condemnation.


2 posted on 08/08/2009 9:14:43 PM PDT by rj45mis
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To: myknowledge

See , the US would have caught him , read him his rights , gotten some NYU punk lawyer to defend him in a trial . Then he’d get off on a technicality , Oprah would have him on shilling for his new book on how America framed him and then Obama would give him a job at the White House.
At least some countries are still civilized , they blow holes in little Muslim scumbags.


3 posted on 08/08/2009 9:15:36 PM PDT by sonic109
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One man's sad is another man's fitting...
4 posted on 08/08/2009 9:16:39 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 199 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: myknowledge
...black-clad marksmen fired volleys of shots into the room, witnesses said.

Some marksmen, firing volleys of shots. I prefer the sniper approach - the single aimed round... By the time the witnesses hear the report, your spotter has already called the shot and you're back down in cover. :-) The perfect mission is one where there are no witnesses - no-one sees the shooter.

5 posted on 08/08/2009 9:19:21 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama - bad for America)
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To: myknowledge

This has in it ... an idea.

Some long-term “wanted” criminals should be tried in absentia and, if convicted, be designated as “Kill on Sight” candidates.


6 posted on 08/08/2009 9:22:36 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: sonic109

In revenge for the Bali bombings.


7 posted on 08/08/2009 9:23:28 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: OldNavyVet
Back to the 19th Century Kill-an-Outlaw-on-sight Wild West mentality for a $$$ reward.
8 posted on 08/08/2009 9:32:22 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

Awesome! I’m shocked some Indo Muzzie cops actually shot one of their own.

I visited Bali a year ago and the best part about it is the people, who are 90% Hindu. My girlfriend (at the time) and I took a tour around the island with a random taxi driver and he couldn’t keep emphasizing how much Bali loves the west because of the prosperity it has brought to the island and how they respect Hinduism although it is unknown to most of them.

Apt justice for a terrorist thug.


9 posted on 08/08/2009 9:35:23 PM PDT by ERJCaptain
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To: OldNavyVet
Some long-term “wanted” criminals should be tried in absentia and, if convicted, be designated as “Kill on Sight” candidates.

I like the way you think. Perhaps with appropriate reward given to any citizen on earth accomplishing that task.

Terrorize the terrorists BUMP!

10 posted on 08/08/2009 9:40:21 PM PDT by PGalt
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There appears to have been no effort to negotiate a surrender with the suspect.

I see no problem with this policy.

11 posted on 08/08/2009 9:48:30 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: myknowledge; PGalt

Come to think of it ... What happened to bounty-hunting in America?


12 posted on 08/08/2009 9:56:48 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: rawhide

It seems that the Indonesians have the proper mind-set when it comes to these matters.
I could only hope that one day we would do the same.


13 posted on 08/08/2009 9:58:34 PM PDT by gigster
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To: myknowledge

Hasn’t it been a good week!


14 posted on 08/08/2009 9:59:35 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: OldNavyVet
Resurrection of the bounty hunters.
15 posted on 08/08/2009 10:01:35 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: rawhide
This no-negotiation policy, first and foremost, is intended to deter an open season on the target countries.
16 posted on 08/08/2009 10:04:08 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: nufsed

Freepers are rejoicing over the deaths of four top terrorists in three different locations.

Keep it up, we have a long way to go.


17 posted on 08/08/2009 10:09:44 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge; OldNavyVet

BUMP! BUMP!


18 posted on 08/08/2009 10:25:56 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: myknowledge

Good deal. I think Indonesia is tired of being bombed by these nutjobs. They have no problem executing terrorists.


19 posted on 08/08/2009 11:01:41 PM PDT by kamikaze2000
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I wish it was the case in the United States, but that would not happen under Zerobamanation.


20 posted on 08/08/2009 11:14:32 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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