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| Australia issues Indonesian terror alert | |
| 2007-07-08 | |
| Australia on Sunday warned terrorist attacks may be imminent in Indonesia. The foreign affairs department upgraded its official travel advisory on Indonesia to warn that it had reports terrorists were planning attacks against Western interests. "There have been recent arrests of high level terrorist operatives in Indonesia, but we assess terrorists are continuing active planning of attacks," the advisory said. "These attacks could take place at any time and could be imminent. Particular care should be taken at this time to avoid known terrorist targets." It said previous attacks against westerners in Indonesia indicated Bali and Jakarta were priority targets but added "terrorist attacks could occur at any time, anywhere in Indonesia". Australia has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Indonesia since the first Bali bombing in October 2002, in which 88 Australians were among the 202 killed, but Sunday's upgrade adds the warning of imminent attacks. It comes after the head of Islamic extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Zarkasi, and the leader of its military wing, Abu Dujana, were arrested by Indonesian police last month along with six other suspected militants. While the arrests were seen as a major blow to JI, an unnamed member of the organisation told a TV channel last month that the lack of leadership could make it more dangerous.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I think the wireservices are playing a game of "warmer" "colder" with us. Upon in-depth investigation I think we would find that the "hot spot" in the game equals capitulation. You would think at this point that the last intelligent Australian would have abandonned his/her Indonesian time-share. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-08 19:41 |