For the United States and Jim Castle, 17 July 2009 as a first re-Horror history.Six years ago, Jim and his wife are eating lunch at the hotel JW Marriott Jakarta, where they have an apartment when a bomb exploded near the entrance to the letter of the hotel, threw Castle and his wife to the floor and killed a Dutch businessman who sat about 15 meters away from the them.
The only fact is Castle's table and his wife are protected from the first explosion that they save lives.
After such experiences, many people moved to the location and a more secure, Castle does not do so. Why?
The likelihood of a gritty character personality, more than 25 years who have special expertise with obtaining struggling in the serve and the complexity and uncertainty (and even dangerous time) to do business in Indonesia, and a strong confidence that Indonesia will face a crisis after the fall of the Soeharto government 1998.
Castle ago Friday morning in the same restaurant at the hotel JW Marriott, hosted a breakfast meeting for employers, organized by the international consultant company CastleAsia, when a suicide bomber who masquerade as hotel guests detonate a bomb in the lobby near the the restaurant.
Four participants from the forum was killed and four other severe injuries.
Castle back off just because of its accidental location of seats, but injuries and hearing and subject to its exit from the hospital on the night along with the victims of the bombs almost simultaneously at the JW Marriott hotel and the nearby Ritz-Carlton.
In fact what he will do after this incident does not have a fixed income, but the reaction, is particularly a concern over injuries and killed his colleagues rather than himself, who almost wretched.
And presumably he will probably refuse to give terrorist-terrorist satisfaction the efforts he (and possibly other companies among its clients) of the country.
"People ask me" What does this mean for Indonesia? "Said Jim any posts from Jakarta.
"Answer me though is the American people themselves hit by the attack of September 11, there is no prospect of U.S. and, reduced the size of the prospect. The same thing also happened in Indonesia."
Alumnus East-West Center 1970's, Castle career exemplify the institution's mission to help people and nations in the Asia-Pacific, work together more closely.
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Outside dimensions of humanity, blast-bomb explosion in Jakarta that raises a number of broad questions. What is happening now, several years after Indonesia's relatively peaceful terrorist activities?
And what's the meaning of the dramatic action was again directed against foreign citizens-citizens?
Although there is a warning-warning about the occurrence of sporadic back terrorist attacks in the coming years, is a general view that the action of the Indonesian government and remain vigilant - make cooperation with other countries including Australia da America - appeared to give results that extraordinary.
Threat by the main organization congregation Islamiyah (JI), which have links with Al Qaida, has ditumpas. Many of their leaders arrested or killed, and the remaining cohort sprawl in small networks in rural areas, with a limited ability to enforce a significant attack.
Some observers claim to its most broken remains of JI between minority that supports resumed action invite the opinion that actions like that only make people hate and fight better with slow, patient, perform an perekrut low level.
Among the groups that support the attacks is a dramatic Noordin M Top, planners terror action and the birth of Malaysia pe pem recruit suicide bombing.
Explanation on the most serious attacks was whether the incidence of new-incident that reflects the victory faksi pro Noordin Top bomb explosion in the internal turbulence JI.
However, little evidence about this. It seems more likely that faksi line is hard, anxious akan their safety and perhaps because the authorities nekad almost catch Noordin Top and a man of his swing attack is interesting in the hope that the new entrant, and shows the vulnerable nature of the government and the foreign people in Indonesia.
With the trend several years ago, there is no doubt that the attack of July 17 is the JI bangkitnya back or a broader terrorist threat in Indonesia.
Although any such, may not prevent further incidents occur, or even attack that may cause accident.
The realistic, this is the future faced by people like Jim Castle, who will have the confidence of the future economy of a positive community and become part of regional importance. (*)
(* Richard W. Baker is a researcher at the East-West Center and a former officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs that the U.S. has a broad experience in Indonesia).
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