INDO Paper: US Embassy Cancels 5 hrs before blast

[Capn Sunshine]

Accoring to Whatreallyhappened.com who cites this Indo website article:http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2003/08/05/20030805-183447.shtml

Translation :The US EMbassy canceled a booking of Marriott Hotel 4.5 hours before the explosion There was something interesting happened just hours before the explosion shocked the JW Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or only 4.5 hours before the explosion. This information is from employee of Marriot Hotel who refused to be identified. He explained that the booking was made several days ago. The US Embassy's guests were planned to stay for 3 days. And the ceremony was planned on Wednesday. For information, when there was the explosion, the security of US Embassy directly came to the Marriot Hotel in Mega Kuningan. JW Marriot Hotel is known to be used frequently by US Embassy. On 4 July 2003, the Independent Day of US was celebrated on this hotel. Last year, it was also celebrated there.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Nambe]

1. I hope it was luck and not foreknowledge.

Interesting that the employee would report this covertly.

[mumon]

2. That's some late cancelation policy they have at the Marriott...

Good thing I usually stay at Hyatts...

[Capn Sunshine]

3. My "Hmmmmmm " should have read

It seems that they KNEW about the pending attack , and got their personnel out but didn't share the knowlege.

The Indonesian gov't, like the Philippines, has been accused by leftists of intentionally bombing targets to to foment distrust and implement fascist rule.

[freeforall]

4. I can believe it...

just like they knew about Sept. 11th beforehand and kept silent. Yeah Bushco, thanks for sharing, eh?

[aquart]

5. Yeah, that's what it looks like: Ashcroft switching to private jets.

[Rose Siding]

6. There's a lot of that going around.

I hope this isn't the last we hear of this.

[mumon]

7. what language is that? Malay?

How can I get a translation of on the net to show wing-nuts?

[karlschneider]

8. Must be a Malay dialect, weird that nothing can be cut & pasted........?

I was trying to dither out a semi-translation but since I can't grab the text, to hell with it. :eyes:

[RC]

11. E-mail the page to your self

The you can copy/paste

[dArKeR]

9. This story needs to be investigated/confirmed! Have any of you been

overseas in a poor country? It's no surprise people won't/afraid to give their names for official recognition. (And it happens a 1000 times a day in the U.S. too. You always see major stories with, 'anonymous source'.) Anyway, overseas the Gov./police/military agents are all powerful and kill without threat of prosecution. The 'people' have to hope, no money, no security, no protection, no place to run and hide. And if they did their families would bear the attack. In poorer countries, as in Iraq, there is a long line of relatives who do stay in touch with each other and regularly see each other. (I know it's hard to believe in alienated America.)

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[AliceWonderland]

10. Interesting

Your post got me thinking... If people overseas are afraid to go on record for fear of retribution against them and their families, why, as you rightly point out, are Americans afraid to go on record? Pretty much every story in the "legitimate" US press cites anonymous sources. Either the sources are made up propaganda or the sources are legit but afraid to go public. Why would that be?