Securing Directories and Files with Apache

I'm running into a problem with protecting a virtualhost. Below is the code I use:

<VirtualHost {some_ip}:80>
    SuexecUserGroup    {some_user} {some_group}
    ServerAdmin "{some_email}"
    ServerName {some_domain}
    ServerAlias www.{some_domain}
    DocumentRoot "{some_doc_root}"
    <Directory "{some_doc_root}">
        Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from all
        <FilesMatch ".*.(php|html|css|js|ico|PHP|HTML|CSS|JS|ICO)$" >
            Order Allow,Deny
            Allow from all
        </FilesMatch>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Code (markup):

My objective is to:

1. Prevent ALL access
2. Allow access to certain files

The problem with the above code is that when I hit http://www.{some_domain}/index.php, everything works fine but http://www.{some_domain}/ gets a Forbidden message.

Any tips on getting this resolved?

Thanks in advance.
-running Apache 2

 

I think you maybe forgot to escape the "." with \.

 

Didn't work. Any other suggestion?

Thanks.