[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22085-22086]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             BALI BOMBINGS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, Saturday night, on the Indonesian island of 
Bali, suicide bombers attacked 3 crowded cafes, killing 25 people and 
wounding many more. People from 22 nations perished in those deadly 
blasts. Indonesian officials are on the hunt for the masterminds of 
this and the October 12, 2002, attacks.
  America stands ready to assist in whatever way we possibly can. Our 
hearts go out to the families of the people of Indonesia who, once 
again, have suffered at the hands of deranged killers. We know all too 
well the pain and anguish caused by the terrorist enemies.
  Today, the Senate intends to pass a resolution expressing our deep 
sympathies and condolences. I will come back to the Chamber later today 
to pass that resolution with unanimous consent. We stand shoulder to 
shoulder with the Indonesian people as they bring justice to the 
killers.
  We are at war with a barbarous and implacable foe. The killers strike 
in the name of Islam, but their religion is not to be found in the 
pages of the Koran. Their religion is found in their corrupted and 
blackened hearts and in their twisted and hateful minds.
  Indonesia, a Muslim country, has been the target of multiple attacks. 
The killers seek power, squalid and absolute. Their war is on the 
civilized world.
  Istanbul, Turkey, 2003: 56 people killed, more than 450 people 
injured.
  Madrid, Spain, 2004: 190 people killed, 1,500 injured.
  Beslan, Russia, September that year: 344 people killed, 186 of them 
schoolchildren.
  London, UK, July 7, this summer: 52 people killed, 700 injured.
  The attacks continue on the Iraqi people and the people of 
Afghanistan. The United States calls on the international community to 
renew and strengthen our efforts to defeat the killers by dismantling 
their network and exposing the nihilism and perversion of their aims. 
We urge the international community to increase the global effort to 
advance freedom, liberty, and prosperity, and to root out the social 
injustice that feeds the violence.
  These are daunting challenges, to be sure. But just as surely, we 
have no other choice. The gauntlet was thrown for America on September 
11. The enemy offers death. We must offer hope. We must shine the light 
of freedom wherever they live, wherever they hide, a light so dazzling 
that not even their shadow remains.
  I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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