Tuesday, October 13, 2009 MELBOURNE: Every October, Dave "Spike" Stewart travels to Bali to mark another year since his 29-year-old son Anthony died inside the Sari Club.Seven years have passed since Jemaah Islamiah terrorists murdered 202 people in Kuta, including Anthony and 87 other Australians. But it never gets any easier, Spike says."It's still very hard. Why did it happen, why did He take my son? I still ask myself that."But the past 12 months have brought some relief. Last November, the three main planners of the 2002 attacks - Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Mukhlas - were executed.Since then, Indonesian police have killed terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top - responsible for the subsequent 2005 Bali attacks, among others - and many of his acolytes."It really makes you happy every time they get another one," Spike says softly."I wish they'd shoot more of the bastards. I just hate them."Spike was one of about 40 Australian survivors and family members who gathered at the Australian consulate in Bali on Monday to mark the seventh anniversary of the devastating attacks.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 MELBOURNE: Every October, Dave "Spike" Stewart travels to Bali to mark another year since his 29-year-old son Anthony died inside the Sari Club.Seven years have passed since Jemaah Islamiah terrorists murdered 202 people in Kuta, including Anthony and 87 other Australians. But it never gets any easier, Spike says."It's still very hard. Why did it happen, why did He take my son? I still ask myself that."But the past 12 months have brought some relief. Last November, the three main planners of the 2002 attacks - Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Mukhlas - were executed.Since then, Indonesian police have killed terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top - responsible for the subsequent 2005 Bali attacks, among others - and many of his acolytes."It really makes you happy every time they get another one," Spike says softly."I wish they'd shoot more of the bastards. I just hate them."Spike was one of about 40 Australian survivors and family members who gathered at the Australian consulate in Bali on Monday to mark the seventh anniversary of the devastating attacks.
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