Chronology: Disasters to hit Indonesia since 2004

Alert Focus: The Fruit of Islam / Creation Groans Your prayers are requested please for God's will to be done with Indonesia. Indonesia is the nation that reportedly was responsible for 200,000 - 300,000 deaths in East Timor over 26 years, operates a corrupt legal system and allows its soldiers and Muslims to: cut heads off Christians; excise female sex organs with razor blades, torture prisoners with lit cigarettes, gang rape and electricity; apply one standard for Christians and another for Muslims; commit cowardly barbarous murders in West Papua; and according to many witnesses since 1964, has Australia marked on its maps as South Irian. - Geoff Pickering Jeremiah 23:19-20 "Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked."The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it. REUTERS -- December 30, 2006 -- An Indonesian ferry with at least 600 aboard sank during a stormy night voyage as it travelled between Borneo and Java, officials said on Saturday. Following is a list of some of the other disasters, man-made and natural, to hit Indonesia since the Asian tsunami of 2004: Dec 26, 2004 - Nearly 132,000 Indonesians are killed and more than 37,000 listed as missing after a 9.15 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia and a tsunami triggered by it in the Indian ocean region. The global toll reaches nearly 230,000 dead with more than 43,000 missing. Feb 21, 2005 - At least 96 are killed in landslide that sweeps through two West Java villages near a garbage dump. March 28, 2005 - Nearly 1,000 are believed killed after a quake of magnitude 8.7 hits the coast of Sumatra. May 28, 2005 - Explosion rocks a market in eastern Indonesian town of Tentena, on island of Sulawesi, killing 22. July 20, 2005 - Indonesia confirms first deaths from bird flu. To date the disease has killed 57 people in Indonesia, the world's highest bird flu death toll. Sept 1, 2005 - Landslide on island of Sumatra kills 14 and leaves more than a dozen missing. Sept 5, 2005 - Domestic airliner operated by local carrier Mandala Airlines crashes in residential area of Indonesia's third biggest city Medan, killing 102 aboard and 47 local residents in an inferno on the ground. Oct 1, 2005 - Three bombs rip through popular tourist areas on Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing 23, including three suicide bombers. Around 150 are wounded in attacks at Jimbaran beach and Kuta beach. Attacks came almost three years after 202 people, mainly tourists, are killed in another bombing. Dec 31, 2005 - Bomb packed with nails explodes in crowded Christian market selling pork ahead of New Year celebrations in eastern Indonesian city of Palu, capital of volatile Central Sulawesi province, killing seven people and wounding 53. May 15, 2006 - Mount Merapi volcano erupts with clouds of hot gas and rains ash on surrounding areas. May 27, 2006 - Earthquake rocks area around ancient royal city of Yogyakarta killing at least 5,000 and destroying or damaging 150,000 homes. July 17, 2006 - A tsunami after a 7.7 magnitude quake in West Java province kills at least 550 people. At least 54,000 people are displaced. July 19, 2006 - A 6.2 magnitude quake strikes Jakarta and nearby parts of Java. Dec 30, 2006 - A ferry with at least 600 aboard sinks during a stormy night voyage as it travelled between Borneo and Java. Ed. Note: This list strangely left out the flooding that took place last week in Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra provinces that left 104 dead. 200,000 people still remain displaced and are in shelters. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30861109.htm FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of religious, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.