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That must be the new quote, replacing “if it bleeds, it leads”. Because Meryl wonders how it’s possible that one of the most wanted terrorists in the world was captured and nobody’s talking about it:

The most feared terrorist in Asia, Azahari bin Husin, the man responsible for the two Bali bombings and an attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, has blown himself up after being cornered by police in East Java.

Meryl, I see your question and raise you this one: How is it that I only found out about it through reading your blog?

Reuters top stories? Nope. AP? Not a chance. CNN? Andrea friggin’ Yates is a lead story but no sign of the news about bin Husin.

I guess successes in the vastly unpopular War on Terror would be conterproductive. Failures sell many more papers, right? Especially when Bush can be blamed for them.

In a horrifying scene of deja-vu, terrorist bombings in Bali murdered 26 people today at tourist resorts:

The blasts struck the seaside area of Jimbaran Bay and the bar and shopping hub of Kuta, 30 kilometers (19 miles) away at about 8 p.m. Saturday night (8 a.m. ET).

In addition to the 26 fatalities, hospital officials said 102 people were wounded. One of those who died was a 16-year-old Australian boy, officials said, while South Koreans, Americans, Japanese and Britons were among those wounded.

Though there have not been any claims of responsibility, it looks like this was just the latest work of suicide bombers from Jemaah Islamiyah, the Al Qua’eda-affiliated terrorist group in Indonesia.

Have we lost our capacity to be shocked at these occurrances? Three years ago, the world recoiled in horror when bombs in Bali killed 202 people, mostly Australian tourists. But since then, countless attacks have occurred: Kenya, Riyadh, Madrid, Istanbul, Taba, Moscow, London… where will the list end?