ok what doesn't make sense here

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"JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have arrested one of the most wanted men in Southeast Asia, a key suspect in the August 5 bombing of the U.S.-run Marriott hotel in Jakarta, a senior officer said on Thursday. <br> <br>The man, identified only as Tohir, was among two people arrested on Wednesday, national police chief General Da'i Bachtiar told reporters. He had previously said Tohir was among Southeast Asia's top five most wanted militants. <br> <br>"We have detained two people, Tohir and Ismail," Bachtiar told reporters. He added that Tohir was one of those who was ready to be part of a suicide squad to attack the Marriott hotel. <br> <br>Earlier, the official news agency Antara reported the arrest was made at a hotel in Indonesia's West Java town of Cirebon. It said police had also seized bomb materials from the suspects. <br> <br>More than two dozen people have already been detained in connection with the suicide car-bomb blast at the Marriott that killed 12 people and wounded 150. <br> <br>One bomber was believed to have died in the Marriott blast. He was driving the car that was packed with explosives and blew up in the forecourt of the hotel. <br> <br>The Marriott blast, like the Bali bombings a year ago that killed 202 people, has been linked to Southeast Asian militant Muslim network Jemaah Islamiah, which has ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group." <br> <br> <br> <br>ok lets see here <br> <br> <br>1) why would "al qaeda" bomb a target twice in a row? the world trade ceners maybe.... but come on they ARE the WORLD TRADE CENTERS. <br>but one city in JAKARTA? TWICE? <br>sounds to me like the governemnt there is trying to start something a la bush? <br> <br>what are your thoughts on this? <br> <br>i just grabbed this off a newswire and thought it a relevent discussion topic..... <br> <br> <br>(A) FERRET (E) <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>

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PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN INDONESIA’S RECENT HISTORY <br> <br>http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~infosec/anujFinal.pdf

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Read it but consider it's source.

[Rjak]

There are many factors which go into choosing a target for a terrorist attack that neither you nor I understand. You don't know exactly what makes terrorists decide to bomb one place &amp; not another. You don't have any reason to suspect that terrorists want to "spread it around" with their target selection. Perhaps there is something about Jakarta (which is the capitol of Indonesia, a country which has a long history of Islamist terrorism, and therefore is an ENTIRELY unsurprising target) that made it appealing. I don't know, neither do you.