INDONESIA: CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MUST BE GUARDED IN THE MOST ENLIGHTENED & TOLERANT MOSLEM NATION IN THE WORLD...PAYING ATTENTION SECRETARY RICE?!?

Security boosted at Indonesian churches as U.S. warns of Muslim threats

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of police will guard Christian churches across the world's most populous Muslim country over the Christmas holidays, officials said Monday, as the U.S. Embassy warned that terrorists could carry out strikes targeting Westerners.

The regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah has been blamed for attacks in Indonesia since 2000, and with this year so far bomb-free many people are afraid another bombing is imminent.

Coordinated blasts killed 19 people on Christmas Eve in 2000, and a strike on a Christian market last New Year's Eve left seven dead.

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta warned of a "serious security threat to Americans and other Westerners in Indonesia," saying targets could include hotels, malls, businesses, housing compounds, transportation systems, places of worship, schools or public events.

"Terrorists in Indonesia have most often directed attacks at specific buildings or locations. The possibility exists that individual Americans could be targeted for kidnapping or assault," it said in a statement.

Indonesia, made up of 190 million mostly moderate Muslims, has grappled with extremists in recent years, fueled in part by anger over the U.S.-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. The four biggest terror strikes blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah have targeted Western interests.

Indonesian authorities would not reveal if they had received any specific threat for the Christmas season, saying only that security was being boosted as a precaution because Noordin Top, Jemaah Islamiyah's alleged operations chief, was still at large.

"Houses of worship are our priority," said police spokesman Col. Ketut Untung Yoga, adding that more than 18,000 officers would be posted at thousands of churches and other religious sites in the capital.

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You paying attention Secretary Rice?!?

Planning on filling the coffers of Indonesia with hard earned infidle tax dollars?!?!?!?

ISLAM, THE RELIGION OF PEACE ! ! ! !

More like the religion of death, dismemberment, rape, sodomy, etc...

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