Another "holy action" brought to you by the religion of peace and tolerance. Indonesia is a major center of Muslim terror and treachery. They also export a variety of products to America, everything from clothing to canned mushrooms. Why feed the hand that bites you, boycott their goods.
A web page viewed by The Associated Press offers chilling instructions of how to attack a US Embassy with a rocket launcher or suicide bomb.
And it also includes a partial diagram of the facility including the ambassador's office.
It wasn't clear when the instructions were posted but their discovery came a day after the United States closed all of its diplomatic facilities in Indonesia until further notice, citing a security threat which it did not specify.
In an e-mailed statement, diplomats said the embassy would be closed along with the consulates in Surabaya, Medan and the island of Bali. Other American government offices would also be shut.
They also reaffirmed earlier warnings that the threat of terrorism in Indonesia "remains high", but did not say what led to Thursday's closings.
"Attacks could occur at any time and could be directed against any location, including those frequented by foreigners and identifiably American and other Western facilities or businesses in Indonesia," it said.
The web page http://www.istimata.co.nr includes the floor plan of what appeared to be the ambassador's office, staff room as well as the locations of camera and metal detectors of a US Embassy, possibly in Jakarta.
The instructions on how best to carry out the "holy action" came from the previously unknown Brigade Istimata International.
"Using a grenade launcher is an effective measure that can go through the parking area and blast the side of the building that is situated next to the ambassador's room," the instructions said.
"The use of the suicide bomber is possible if using ... 150 kilograms of TNT which could produce a blast impact more than 30 metres wide."
A spokesman for the embassy said they were aware of the web page but refused to comment further.
The instructions in Indonesian did not mention the Jakarta embassy by name but the web address is almost identical to one used by one of the Bali bombers to boast of his role in the attack in 2002 that killed more than 200 people.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks in America, the United States has closed its embassy for brief periods because of potential security threats. It also evacuated non-essential staff and family members for six months after the Bali bombings and joined other countries - including Britain and Canada - in issuing a string of travel advisories against visiting Indonesia.
The Bali attack was blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, which also is believed responsible for the August 5, 2003 bombing of the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta which killed 12 and last year's attack at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in which 10 people perished.
Dozens of militants have been convicted in the Bali and Marriott attacks but many top terror suspects - including Malaysians Azahari bin Husin and Noordin Mohamed Top - remain free and are believed to be somewhere in Indonesia. Police have repeatedly warned that they are planning additional attacks.
From The Sydney Morning Herald.
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