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| Southeast Asia |
| Second JI cell poised for Indonesia attack |
| 2004-09-11 |
| Militants responsible for a deadly car bomb blast outside Australia's Jakarta embassy have a second group poised for attack, Australia's top policeman said on Saturday as Australians heard a fresh warning to avoid Indonesia. "There is intelligence suggesting that there is a second group active in the area," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty told Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Intelligence comes through all the time about threats and possible threats and there's further intelligence in the last 24 to 48 hours of a second group," said Keelty, who flew to Jakarta to investigate the blast. Indonesian police have launched a nationwide hunt for al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah militants blamed for the suicide car bomb attack that killed nine people and injured 182 outside the Australian embassy on Thursday. Keelty's warning came as Australian government ministers broke off campaigning for an Oct. 9 election to gather in Sydney for a cabinet security committee meeting. Opposition Labor leaders were also meeting to discuss security issues. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |