[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 127 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S10971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDONESIA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to condemn 
the terrorist attacks in Bali this past weekend that murdered over 20 
people and injured scores of others. I ask my colleagues to keep the 
innocent victims of the attacks--and their families and friends--in our 
thoughts and prayers.
  The indiscriminate murder of men, women, and children in Bali by 
suicide bombers underscores the viciousness of ideological extremists. 
Young men and women wooed to the dark side of religious fanaticism 
should not be fooled that paradise follows their suicide. At the end of 
the day, there is only death and destruction.
  During these turbulent times, the people of Indonesia should know 
that they do not stand alone. As we share common principles of freedom 
and human rights, the world's democracies stand with you. I encourage 
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to let America and other nations 
know how best we can help in the aftermath of the attacks--and what 
assistance we can provide to counter terrorism in Indonesia. In the war 
against terrorism, your struggle is our struggle.
  I close by saying that like the Bali bombings in October 2002, the 
ripple from this weekend's attacks are felt on the shores of all free 
nations. Indonesia does not stand alone.

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