Cablegate: Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report

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SUBJECT: Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report

Lead Story

1. An explosive device detonated at the Marriott Hotel's
parking lot on Ave. Kennedy at 1:57 p.m. yesterday. The device was
left in the hotel's bathroom but was taken outside by a hotel
guard. One guard was injured and five other people suffered
hearing trauma. No organization has claimed responsibility (All
dailies).

Bomb detonates at the Marriott Hotel

2. The surveillance camera at the Marriott Hotel
recorded a man dressed in black, wearing a hat and what appears to
be a fake beard walking into the Marriott's bathroom carrying a
black bag and then leaving quickly without it. Stories differ.
One daily says a guard became suspicious and checked the bathroom
after the man left. He found the bag and took it to the parking lot
where it exploded (La Tercera, 11/4). Another daily says that the
guard found the bag in the bathroom during a regular check and
handed it to the Welcome Desk thinking that a passenger had
accidentally left it behind. Reportedly, at that moment the hotel
received a bomb threat and the guard immediately took the bag
outside where it detonated. Since 2004, there have been 100 other
similar incidents for which different anarchist organizations have
claimed responsibility (El Mercurio, 11/4).

3. Sources tied to the investigation of the bombing
labeled the device that detonated "lethal," adding that it was
different from all other devices used in previous incidents. The
bomb was manufactured by experts, they warned, noting the mix of
explosives used to make it more effective in confined spaces and
that it had an electronic timer (El Mercurio, 11/4).

IPR

4. The Chamber of Deputies voted against Article 85 of
the Intellectual Property Law. The article in question establishes
the responsibility of Internet providers to block access for users
believed to be using material in violation of the IPR law at the
request of the owners of those rights and invests courts with
extra-judicial authority to cut Internet access for the same
reason. "We voted for 99 percent of the provisions in this law, but
cannot allow someone's access to be cut off on the basis of a sole
suspicion," said Congressman Dario Paya (El Mercurio, 11/4).
SIMONS

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