[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 127 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S10998]
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            EXPRESSING SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDONESIA

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 264, which was submitted early 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 264) expressing sympathy for the 
     people of Indonesia in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist 
     attacks in Bali on October 1, 2005.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 264) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 264

       Whereas terrorists have planned and conducted attacks 
     around the world since September 11, 2001, including the 
     bombing of a night club on the Indonesian island of Bali on 
     October 12, 2002, that killed 202 people and injured 209, the 
     bombings of two synagogues and the British Embassy in 
     Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2003, that killed 56 people and 
     injured more than 450, the bombing of the train system in 
     Madrid, Spain, on March 11, 2004, that killed more than 190 
     people and injured approximately 1,500, and the bombing of 
     London's public transportation system during the morning rush 
     hour on July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people and injured 
     approximately 700;
       Whereas terrorists have struck Indonesia on multiple 
     occasions, including the December 5, 2002, bombing of a 
     McDonald's restaurant on Sulawesi Island that killed 3 people 
     and injured 11, the August 5, 2003, bombing of the J.W. 
     Marriott Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people and injured 
     150, and the September 9, 2004, bombing of the Australian 
     Embassy in Jakarta that killed 11 people and injured 100;
       Whereas on October 1, 2005, terrorists again struck the 
     popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, detonating 
     explosives in three crowded restaurants that killed at least 
     19 innocent Indonesian civilians and foreign tourists from 
     around the world and injuring approximately 132 others, 
     including at least 6 citizens of the United States;
       Whereas the terrorist attacks in Bali, Indonesia were 
     senseless, barbaric, and depraved acts carried out against 
     innocent civilians;
       Whereas Indonesia is a friend and ally of the United States 
     and in the past has endured terrorism against its civilians;
       Whereas the people of the United States stand in solidarity 
     with the people of Indonesia in fighting terrorism;
       Whereas the United States immediately condemned the 
     terrorist attacks and extended the condolences of the people 
     of the United States to the people of Indonesia; and
       Whereas Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denounced the 
     terrorist attacks on Bali, Indonesia, and stated, ``The 
     United States stands with the people and government of 
     Indonesia as they work to bring to justice those responsible 
     for these acts of terrorism. We will continue to work 
     together in our common fight against terror.'': Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) expresses deepest sympathies and condolences to the 
     people of Indonesia and the victims and their families of the 
     heinous terrorist attacks that occurred on the Indonesian 
     island of Bali on October 1, 2005;
       (2) condemns these barbaric and unwarranted attacks on the 
     innocent people of Indonesia and foreign tourists;
       (3) expresses strong and continued solidarity with the 
     people of Indonesia in opposing extremism and pledges to 
     remain shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Indonesia to 
     bring the terrorists responsible for these and other brutal 
     acts of violence to justice; and
       (4) calls upon the international community to renew and 
     strengthen efforts to--
       (A) defeat terrorists by dismantling terrorist networks and 
     exposing the violent and nihilistic ideology of terrorism;
       (B) increase international cooperation to advance personal 
     and religious freedoms, ethnic and racial tolerance, 
     political liberty and pluralism, and economic prosperity; and
       (C) combat the social injustice, oppression, poverty, and 
     extremism that contributes to terrorism.

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