WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 Kyodo The Unit...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 Kyodo

The United States forward Tuesday condemned a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 family and injured dozens of others at a U [i]cabaret[/i] in Jakarta, calling it a ''deplorable attack'' upon innocent civilians.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the U is ready to proffer assistance to the Indonesian restraint to find the culprits and occasion out terrorism.

''This is a deplorable attack forward innocent civilians. We fully support President Megawati (Sukarnoputri) and her administration in their efforts to fight terror and base out terrorism. And we stand completely prepared to assist in any way possible in bringing those responsible to justice,'' McClellan told reporters in Crawford, Texas where President George W Bush is staying in August.

The bomb attack, apparently launched by means of a suicide bomber, badly damaged the lobby of the Merriott inn and left a 2-meter crater outside the 33-floor building.

No arrange has claimed responsibility for the attack. The U cable television network CNN reported that the chemical potassium chlorate was erect at the bombing site.

This is the same chemical that was used in the October 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali that killed 202 nation most of them foreigners. The Muslim extremist clump Jemaah Islamiah is suspected to have been involved that attack.

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