New Terrorist Attacks in Bali

I woke up today to those horrible news. The TV and the news media in the Internet started to inform about bombings that had ocurred in a tourist area of Bali, Indonesia. The attacks were explosions possibly carried out by bombs and related to terrorist organizations in the island nation. A lot of people also tend to relate these attacks to the upcoming anniversary of the October 12 terrorist attacks that killed so many people in the Bali nightclubs and that are considered to be Al Qaeda's revenge on Australia.

Details of the attack was that two restaurants in the tourist area of Bail and you can read about them (in Spanish) here: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/308042.html.

A day after the attacks, things are still a bit unclear except for the fact that the death count continues to grow. When the first reports came out, there were only two deaths and countless wounded. In the article above, the count grew to a more specific 25 deaths and hundreds wounded. Meanwhile, over in Australia (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=65478 or on video) they were reporting 32 deaths. Surely and unfortunately this death count will grow and once again, the Indonesian and Australian people would be the ones suffering the most.

Until now, no organization or group has claimed responsibility for these attacks though all suspicion continues to fall on them (specially on the group that perpetrated the October 12 terrorist attacks). This is just another sad reminder that Al Qaeda continues to live and have strength. It proves that, even if their leaders are captured or killed, the US and its allies are still losing the "War on Terrorism". We can only hope the string of attacks doesn't continue in other places of the world.