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7 explosions inside the capital, reports of ongoing gunfights in the streets, unconfirmed reports 10-14 perpetrators involved, at least 6 dead in an ongoing situation:

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jan/14/multiple-explosions-gunshots-reported-in-jakarta-rolling-report


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35309195


http://mobile.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKCN0US0BS20160114

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They're on the run.......expanding to new areas of operation.

 

Indonesia isn't really a new area of operation for extremists, maybe for ISIS (if this turns out to in fact be ISIS) but not terrorism. They've got a population of over 206 million with 95 or 96% of those being Muslim. Sadly they've had plenty of attacks by extremists since 2001, including one of the biggest at Kuta Beach in '02 where 202 people were killed and another 200+ injured.

 

This is the first attack in Indonesia in nearly 3 years though... so who knows.

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Indonesia isn't really a new area of operation for extremists, maybe for ISIS (if this turns out to in fact be ISIS) but not terrorism. They've got a population of over 206 million with 95 or 96% of those being Muslim. Sadly they've had plenty of attacks by extremists since 2001, including one of the biggest at Kuta Beach in '02 where 202 people were killed and another 200+ injured.

 

This is the first attack in Indonesia in nearly 3 years though... so who knows.

I know about their Muslim population. I just was directing my comment specifically to ISIS expanding.

 

How long was ol' barrack husein Obama in Indonesia for again?

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Indonesia isn't really a new area of operation for extremists, maybe for ISIS (if this turns out to in fact be ISIS) but not terrorism. They've got a population of over 206 million with 95 or 96% of those being Muslim. Sadly they've had plenty of attacks by extremists since 2001, including one of the biggest at Kuta Beach in '02 where 202 people were killed and another 200+ injured.

 

This is the first attack in Indonesia in nearly 3 years though... so who knows.

 

And even before then. Indonesia has a long history of Islamic extremism going back even further than the Saudis.

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