*  Nothing to do with Islam, of course not. From Mark Forbes,The Age:

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POLICE have foiled plans for devastating bombings in Indonesia by uncovering an international terrorist cell, arresting 10 men and seizing more than 20 bombs in South Sumatra.
The team was manufacturing and stockpiling sophisticated explosives, reportedly for use against Western tourists or targets. It was part of the network of Bali bombing mastermind Noordin Top.
The arrests began six days ago when a 35-year-old school teacher was arrested near the town of Palembang, police said.
Singapore had issued an international red alert about the man, whose initials police gave as MH. He is understood to have been an associate of Osama bin Laden and part of the Jemaah Islamiah plot to bomb the Australian and American embassies in Singapore in 2001.
Shackled and blindfolded, nine men were flown to Jakarta yesterday for interrogation, while one was still being held in Palembang. They were captured in a series of raids by Indonesia’s elite Detachment 88, assisted by Australian Federal Police.
The discovery of the cell is cause for major concern and will force a rethink by experts who believed JI’s international network had effectively been wound up.
It will be particularly unwelcome news for the Indonesian tourism industry, which, almost three years after the country’s last major terrorist attack, had been enjoying a revival.

* A look at  friendly, ‘tolerant & modern’ Indonesia and Malaysia
The number of Australian tourists going to Bali has been rising steadily despite Canberra’s refusal to remove its travel warning on Indonesia, which states there is a very high threat of imminent attack.
Indonesian police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira said a large quantity of explosive material had been seized in the raids.
“Detachment 88 has managed to arrest 10 people from a terrorist network,” he said.
“This group of terrorists is connected to the Noordin Top group.
“They have confiscated five ‘Tupperware’ bombs, 14 pipe bombs and potassium chlorate – the quality and quantity is under investigation,” Inspector-General Nataprawira said. Another six incomplete pipe bombs were found.Â
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