Qualla: 2009 Jakarta Bombings https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:27 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: 2009 Jakarta Bombings https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings 2009 Jakarta Bombings: Introduction https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit Rochelimit at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The florist knew both hotels well. Ibrohim had worked for a company with shops inside the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton, arranging flowers in lobbies where foreign executives took breakfast meetings and deals were sealed over coffee. By the time he drove a rented pickup truck to the Marriott's loading dock on July 16, 2009, he was no longer arranging bouquets. He was delivering bombs. The next morning, at 7:47 a.m. Jakarta time, the first device detonated in a small breakfast room inside the Marriott. Five minutes later, the second exploded in the Ritz-Carlton's Airlangga Restaurant on the second floor. Nine people died across both hotels, and the four-year lull in major terrorist violence that Indonesia had enjoyed since the 2005 Bali bombings was over.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/qqgu-2009-jakarta-bombings-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full 2009 Jakarta Bombings: The People in the Blast Radius https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit MichaelJLowe, CC BY-SA 3.0. The dead were international in a way that reflected the hotels' clientele. Craig Senger, an Australian trade official with Austrade, was killed at the Marriott. So were Garth McEvoy, an Australian mining executive, and Nathan Verity, a Perth businessman. Tim Mackay, a New Zealand...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/qqgu-2009-jakarta-bombings-the-people-in-the-blast-radius.mp3 0:06 2 full 2009 Jakarta Bombings: Recruited Through Family https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit MichaelJLowe, CC BY-SA 3.0. The investigation revealed a conspiracy that had been germinating for nearly a decade. Ibrohim, the florist-turned-operative, had been recruited in 2000 by his brother-in-law, Saifudin Jaelani, while working at the Hotel Mulia in Jakarta. By 2005, both men had been inducted into ...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/qqgu-2009-jakarta-bombings-recruited-through-family.mp3 0:06 3 full 2009 Jakarta Bombings: A Web That Kept Unraveling https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit MichaelJLowe, CC BY-SA 3.0. Police found an unexploded bomb in room 1808 -- its design and materials identical to those used by Jemaah Islamiyah in previous attacks, confirming the network behind the operation. Abdillah was arrested on August 5. Two days later, officers raided a house in Temanggung, Central...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/qqgu-2009-jakarta-bombings-a-web-that-kept-unraveling.mp3 0:06 4 full 2009 Jakarta Bombings: Aftermath and an Old Connection https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit MichaelJLowe, CC BY-SA 3.0. The JW Marriott had been bombed before. In August 2003, a suicide attack at the same hotel had killed twelve people. That the Marriott was struck again, six years later, underscored a grim reality about soft targets: even with upgraded security, familiarity with a building's rhyt...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/g/u/2009-jakarta-bombings-wp/qqgu-2009-jakarta-bombings-aftermath-and-an-old-connection.mp3 0:06 5 full 2009 Jakarta Bombings: The Longer Shadow https://qualla.com/2009-jakarta-bombings/ Photo credit MichaelJLowe, CC BY-SA 3.0. The 2009 bombings were part of a pattern that had begun with the 2002 Bali attacks, which killed 202 people and forced Indonesia to confront the presence of Jemaah Islamiyah within its borders. An anti-terrorism law passed in 2003 gave authorities broader powers, and the crackdow...

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