Gunmen kill 9 Christians in Indonesia

times of india ^ | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19

[classygreeneyedblonde]

AMBON, Indonesia: Gunmen shot dead nine Christians travelling in a boat in the riot-torn eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, residents and hospital sources said on Wednesday.

Six women and three men were killed on Tuesday, a nurse at the Halong navy hospital said.

"The bodies of the victims have been claimed by their relatives, we're still treating one woman for gunshot wounds," said the nurse, who declined to be named.

All nine victims were Christians, a local journalist said, adding that speedboat services between two localities had been suspended.

Ambon's sectarian violence has often taken place at sea. On December 12, an explosion rocked a commercial boat carrying Christians in the same bay, killing seven people.

In November gunmen in a speedboat shot dead three passengers in another boat.

Fighting between Muslims and Christians in the Malukus has left more than 5,000 people dead and created some half-a-million refugees since sectarian violence first erupted in the town of Ambon, on the island of the same name, in January 1999.

The conflict prompted the government to slap civil emergency rules in the Malukus in 2000.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

They are starting

[denydenydeny]

Bumping to the list.

[zoso82t]

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[denydenydeny]

Fighting between Muslims and Christians in the Malukus has left more than 5,000 people dead

As I said on another thread, this is kind of like saying that "Fighting between Nazis and Jews in Europe in 1939-45 has left more than 6 million people dead."

[BenR2]

Thank you for posting this.

I'm waiting for someone in the Western world to blow the whistle on this slaughter.

Otherwise, perhaps it's time that a group of Christian mercenaries get together and take this matter into their own hands.

I have a feeling that a force of even 50 well-trained US/Canadian/British combat vets could restore order in a heartbeat to this area -- or at least put a lid on the worst excesses of the murderous Musulman tribesmen.

[No!]

Sad and more that a little ominous, I think, too...

[freeman_of_mx]

Do you remember a story that Bin Laden paid several million dollars to a chechnian war lord (or what ever) to brutally cut the heads off western reporters in the region?

If my memory serves me right this was a tactic to intimidate and scare any western reporters away from the region. I believe the logic was that the sheer audacity of the act would serve as a deterent to any possible prying eyes.

Are we not now seeing the same things in other parts of the world??

ISLAM extremism seems to have forever married itself to terrorism. On all levels this seems to be to gain territory (mindshare, converts, call it whatever).

These are becoming dangerous times. Terrorism has worked for ISLAM (at least in the minds of it's adherants)! Recall the Bin Laden Tapes, see a pattern? Bin Laden revels at the "effect" 9-11 has on the world. These are little boys playing with dangerous toys. Meanwhile, "ISLAM" central (wherever that is located) is silent. The west must do it's own heavy lifting to rid the world of ISLAMIC extremism. This is going to seed lasting and deep resentment toward ISLAM from the west.

Every incident like the slaying of christians in Indonesia "by muslims" only serves to "throw another log on the fire". This is going to get old and tiresome, fast. WW3 will be more about ridding the world of ISLAM than any of us realize....