At least nine people were killed and 41 injured, scores more hurt and treated for minor cuts and bruises from flying glass and debris. The explosions disrupting the normal business meetings of a Friday a little after nine in the morning.

In two blasts, two minutes apart. in Western hotels in the upmarket Mega Kuningan business district in Jakarta. Police later discovered another unexploded IED in a hotel room according to news reports.

While victims are believed to include 14 foreigners.The majority were Indonesian mostly hotel workers customers. Anew the victims were mostly Muslim, the attacks came on the heels of a spate of attacks mostly overlooked by the rest of the world outside of the Philippines just a week earlier in Mindanao and devices were discovered in the Capitol distrcit of Metro Manila as well that most sceptics branded as political ploys.

Bombs even went off in Manila ATM machines.

If and when suspects are dicovered, it might be shown at some future point that Jakarta’s latest bomber crew may be the graduated of JI’s makeshift terror University still producing homicidal extremists in the hinterlands of far flung areas of Mindanao.

Who bomb and kill Filipino’s to learn the skills they need for targets in Jakarta and beyond. The theory is not mine it comes from the Philippine National Police Chief; Foreign counter terrorism experts from the US, UK, and, Malaysia.

In a sum of fears – JI is back with a new crew of bombers who may be in several capitols across the region. Others say the wave of attacks sweep in a circle of violence that has been hitting almost unnoticed across Asia.

Starting with attacks in Mindanao as riots raged in China and bombs continued to go off in Thailand as well as a spate of ethnic violence elsewhere. This is partly I am told the reason for a visit last week of America’s top inteligence officail and meetings with President Arroyo. Palace sources say that chatter and action reports indicate a new crop of JI bombers and other extremist activists are moving fast to reap gains from changing policies across the globe that have softened in the wake of the departure of the Bush administraition and changes in regional governments.

While media may have tired of the war on terror, the Jakarta attacks show one thing clearly that the extremists are still out there. Growing in numbers replacing thier fallen ranks with new blood – to sow more terror.

The Next Gen JI is more savvy less likely to talk to media and has brought new tactics to a already crowded table of concerns as well as expending into areas in Pakistan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The change of key personel in washington and in the london in the fight versus Al qaeda and its splinter organizations has been redirected over recents months as economic concerns rise.

Even as Indonesia’s Police say it is still too early to determine the perpetrators of the attack. The Islamic militant network Jemaah Islamiyah – linked by governments to Al Qaeda – has been accused of similar bombings in previous years.

The last major attacks in Indonesia were attacks including the suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali in 2005 which claimed 26 lives as well as bombings in Jakata in 2003 and 2000 targeting the Philippine government.

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