Indonesia Is Hit With First Ever Suicide Bombing Inside a Mosque, 28 Wounded

Indonesia's Muslims "celebrated" a first today as a suicide bomber detonated his belt inside of a mosque wounding 28 people - this was the first mosque ever attacked in the country's history. Well, Indonesia, welcome to the new world of Islamic terror - it won't be your last mosque that gets hit. When the jihadis get the scent of smoke and blood and limbs, they always come back for more.

From the story at The Long War Journal:

A suicide bomber wounded 28 Indonesians in an attack inside a mosque during Friday prayers. The attack in a mosque is the first of its kind in the Southeast Asian country.

The suicide bomber detonated a waist bag packed with explosives inside the Cirebon police mosque at noontime prayers, a busy period. Eighty percent of the people who attend the mosque are said to be policemen. The Cirebon police chief was among those wounded in the blast.

The bomber wore "a jacket, a hat, and brought a prayer rug" to the service, according to The Jakarta Post. As prayers began, he moved forward and then detonated his vest.

Police have recovered the body of the suicide bomber and hope to be able to identify him. "The corpse was badly injured in the back, but the face was still identifiable," Indonesia's national police chief told The Jakarta Post.

Today's suicide bombing is the first recorded attack inside a mosque in Indonesia. Al Qaeda and allied groups such as the Taliban have carried out numerous attacks inside mosques in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.

We have to understand that right now, Islam is on an absolute rampage. Every continent and nearly every country is witnessing the height of islamic violence and rage - the death count looks like a Wall Street stock ticker.

We are seeing islamists killing Christians, we are seeing them kill fellow Muslims, we are seeing them kill women and children....hell, we are seeing them kill anything that bloody moves.

At what point in time are all of the countries of the world who are NOT dominated by Islam going to sit down and devise a solid plan of fighting off this scourge? At what point in time to men of the West decide to live instead of die?

Suicide bomber detonates inside Indonesia mosque


A suicide bomber wounded 28 Indonesians in an attack inside a mosque during Friday prayers. The attack in a mosque is the first of its kind in the Southeast Asian country.

The suicide bomber detonated a waist bag packed with explosives inside the Cirebon police mosque at noontime prayers, a busy period. Eighty percent of the people who attend the mosque are said to be policemen. The Cirebon police chief was among those wounded in the blast.

The bomber wore "a jacket, a hat, and brought a prayer rug" to the service, according to The Jakarta Post. As prayers began, he moved forward and then detonated his vest.

Police have recovered the body of the suicide bomber and hope to be able to identify him. "The corpse was badly injured in the back, but the face was still identifiable," Indonesia's national police chief told The Jakarta Post.

Today's suicide bombing is the first recorded attack inside a mosque in Indonesia. Al Qaeda and allied groups such as the Taliban have carried out numerous attacks inside mosques in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.

Jemaah Islamiyah, the al Qaeda affiliate in Southeast Asia, has previously targeted locations where foreigners would congregate, such as embassies, hotels, and night clubs.

Al Qaeda in Aceh, a Jemaah Islamiyah subgroup sponsored by Abu Bakar Bashir, JI's founder and spiritual leader, has also plotted and carried out attacks against Indonesian police and counterterrorism forces. Bashir is currently on trial for supporting Al Qaeda in Aceh and can receive the death penalty if convicted.

Today's attack takes place two weeks after Pakistani officials captured Umar Patek, a top Jemaah Islamiyah operative and one of the most wanted members of the group. Patek is believed to have traveled to Pakistan to meet with high-level al Qaeda commanders.