Attacks on Christians continue. (Indonesia).Ambon--A Christian village outside Ambon has been ambushed by terrorists, resulting in the brutal slayings of 14 Christians, among them a six-month-old baby who was stabbed to death. One Protestant church was burned down. The bloodbath blood·bath also blood bath n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre. Noun 1. bloodbath - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the comes two days after a militant Islamic group Noun 1. Islamic Group - a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia rejected a fragile peace agreement aimed at halting halt·ing adj. 1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice. 2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse. 3. Limping; lame. three years of fighting between Muslims and Christians, which resulted in 9,000 deaths. Indonesia's government is trying to end the violence, but does not seem to have the power to clamp clamp (klamp) a surgical device for compressing a part or structure. rubber dam clamp a metallic device used to retain the dam on a tooth. clamp n. down on Muslim extremist groups (Nat. Post, Apr, 29/02, Zenit). |
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