印尼爆炸 Indonesia Blast

　　标题：恐怖份子肆虐 Terrorists Run Amok

　　八月五日午膳期间，印尼首都雅加达万豪酒店受汽车炸弹袭击，地库发生猛烈爆炸，大堂损毁严重，近地下五层楼着火焚烧。事件造成十人死亡，一百五十人受伤。

　　印尼警方已发放两名疑犯的通缉拼图，其中一名男子在两星期前买下用来犯案的汽车，另一名疑犯则负责爆炸任务。虽然未有组织公开承认责任，当局在现场发现一具伊斯兰祈祷团成员的尸体，并指今次恐怖袭击是该组织所为。

　　During lunchtime in August 5, a fiery car bomb exploded at JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. The carnage has killed 10 and injured 150. The basement, where the blast took place, and the lobby of the hotel were seriously damaged. There was also a brilliant burst of fire spoiled the lower five stories.

　　Two possible suspect faces were then released to the public: one of them has bought the involved car two weeks before, while another one was suspected to be in charge of bomb works. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, but Indonesian authority found a dead body of a Jemaah Islamiyah member and claimed the organization is the plotter.

　　万豪酒店

　　由美国集团经营的五星级连锁酒店。位于雅加达的万豪酒店由印尼华侨陈姓商人投资。该酒店楼高三十三层，共有三百三十三间房，座落繁忙商业区，邻近驻有数十家外国大使馆、领事馆及多间外资大机构总部。自零一年九月开业，有不少外国旅客入住。去年美国国务卿鲍威尔访问印尼亦下榻于此，在今年及去年的美国国庆日，美国驻印尼官员都在酒店内举行庆祝活动。

　　Marriott Hotel

　　An American-owned global chain luxury hotel. JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta is invested by Indonesia-Chinese businessman, which is located in a busy business district comprising 33 stories of 333 rooms. Nearby are tens of foreign embassies and consulates and a number of foreign-invested enterprises. Since its open in September 2001, the hotel has been welcomed by many travelers. US Secretary of State Colin Powell stayed in the hotel when he was visiting the country in 2002. It is also a frequent site for US ambassadors to hold functions.

　　伊斯兰祈祷团

　　印尼的极端武装宗教组织，成立于上世纪四十年代，旨在东南亚成立一个穆斯林国家。组织基地主要在中爪哇的梭罗，同时活跃于东南亚，拥有庞大的体系和恶名昭彰的暴力记录，成员约有五千名。有指组织与亚盖达有联系，因其在过去五年得到亚盖达组织至少十三万美元的经济援助，也为亚盖达提供许多援助，如在零零年予劫持美国航空公司班机的恐怖分子提供住宿。图为伊斯兰祈祷团的精神领袖巴希尔。

　　Jemaah Islamiyah

　　The organization is coined as radical militant Islamist group. Being founded in the 1940s, it aims to establish a Muslim fundamentalist state in Southeast Asia. With its base in Java and active in Southeast Asia, there are some 5,000 members and earned notorious violence records. Some says Jemaah Islamiyah is closely linked with al-Qaeda, from which it has received at least USD130,000 in the past 5 years. At the same time, its support to al-Qaeda by providing accommodation to the terrorists hijacking the flight of American Airlines in 2000 is a case in point. Pictured is Abu Bakar Bashir, alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.

　　与巴里爆炸案的关联

　　印尼法院在八月七日就去年巴里岛爆炸案首次宣判，其它被控者也陆续受到审讯，当中包括伊斯兰祈祷团精神领袖巴希尔。今次事件发生在宣判前两天，两件案件手法相似，炸药成份亦相同，令人相信是祈祷团对印尼当局的报复行为。虽然在巴里爆炸案后，该组织有三十多名主要成员被捕，今次事件显示该组织仍然完整，依然威胁东南亚地区安全。

　　Jakarta and Bali Bombings

　　The blast happened two days before the first verdict in the trial of a key suspect in the Bali nightclub bombings last October. Other verdicts are on trial, including the alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader Abu Bakar Bashir. Tact and elements of bombs has linked up the incident with the Bali bombings. So much so that it let people to believe it is revenge by Jemaah Islamiyah. After the Bali bombings, some thirty core members were arrested, however, the incident has proved that the organization is still strong enough to pose menace to the Southeastern Asian region.

　　巴里爆炸案的其中一名主犯阿姆兹，八月七日在印尼法庭上闻讯获判死刑后仍面露笑容。

　　Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, one of the key suspects in the Bali bombings, smiles after judges handed down death sentence during his trial on August 7.

　　反恐情报

　　印尼警方上月拘捕七名伊斯兰祈祷团成员，亦在爪哇搜获二千磅氯化钾、三百五十磅炸药及一千二百个引爆装置，这些炸药及装置比巴里爆炸中的更具破坏力，印尼警方已就此加强保安。

　　另外，事发前一周，美国发出恐怖袭击警报。在事发当日，美国国土安全部向各地执法和安全部门发布，称恐怖组织可能利用便携式电子装置发动恐怖袭击。反恐专家在是次事件后称，情报显示将来可能会发生更多恐怖袭击。

　　Anti-Terrorist Intelligence

　　Indonesian police charged 7 Jemaah Islamiah members last month in connection with a large cache of explosive seizure, including 2,000 pounds of potassium chloride, 350 pounds of TNT and 1,200 detonators. With a potential of more powerful blasts by such large cache of explosives, the authority has strengthened security in the hotel area.

　　Besides, a week before the incident, US had given alert of terrorist attack. On August 5, the Homeland Security Department of the US sent an advisory to law enforcement personnel nationwide alerting them to the possibility that terrorists could use electronics to launch attacks. After the incident, anti-terrorism experts disclosed that more attacks are expected in the near future.

　　印尼的酒店、购物商场、办公大楼纷纷加强保安。

　　Security has been strengthened in hotels, shopping malls and office buildings in Indonesia.

　　反恐措施

　　印尼的人口以回教徒占大多数，因此在打击伊斯兰教恐怖组织有着举足轻重的重要性。然而，保护国家安全以防范恐怖袭击并非易事。雅加达酒店爆炸事件发生前四天，印尼总统梅加瓦蒂在发表国情咨文时，强调要把「恐怖组织网络连根拔起」，但恐怖组织却不以为然。梅加瓦蒂在发表东盟就职演讲时，表示东南亚地区在打击恐怖主义上仍然不足，她呼吁全球联合反恐，不论是哪一个国家、宗教及文化，以解除威胁。

　　Anti-Terrorism Measures

　　Indonesia is the most populous country with a Muslim majority. Its significance in the global fight against Islamic terrorism can hardly be overstated. Securing a country against terrorism, however, is a formidable challenge. Just 4 days before the hotel blast, Indonesia’s President Megawati Sukarnoputri declared her determination to uproot terrorism, which received no concern by the terrorists. When delivering the inaugural ASEAN lecture, Megawati said that the regional body's plans for fighting terrorism had been shown up as inadequate. She called for “a global coalition involving all nations, all religions and cultures to defeat this threat”.

　　今次爆炸事件激发更强硬的行动，以打击恐怖主义。

　　In the wake of the bombing, “strong action” has been called for fighting terrorism.