Why jihadis are after the marriott hotel chain?

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR--PAPER NO. 181 By B. Raman Ten persons were killed and 150 others injured on August 8, 2003, following an explosion at the Marriott Hotel of Jakarta.

After the blast, Matori Abdul Djalil, the then Indonesian Defence Minister, told the media that the people behind the blast had trained with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Reacting to his allegation, a spokesman of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, told pressmen as follows: "Pakistan has taken a series of strong and effective measures against Al Qaeda. If the Indonesian Government had a lead on the training of the terrorists, they should share it with us so that we could further intensify our action.

Indonesia has not shared its suspicions about terrorism training in Pakistan and its alleged link to Tuesday's bombing. Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Jakarta's Marriott Hotel. This was a gruesome attack killing innocent civilians." 2.

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