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US Warned Indonesia To Obey Or Else Face Terror Attack |
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by MICHAEL
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14 Oct 2002
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THE United States ambassador to Jakarta, Ralph Boyce, had warned the Indonesian government only a few days before the blasts in Bali that unless it acted against terrorist groups posing a threat to westerners, America would begin to withdraw its diplomatic staff. |
Last night those terrorists appeared to have struck at one of the most vulnerable and valuable targets in the country in a night of carnage on the paradise island of Bali, Indonesia's main source of tourist revenue.
The attacks will be a shattering blow to the "island of the gods", which draws visitors from all over the world to experience mellow, exotic beauty and colourful Hindu traditions amid the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Bali's laid-back image is an affront to groups of Islamic extremists who want to bomb Indonesia's 220m people into a sharia state run on Saudi Arabian lines.
The island has little security and is open to anyone seeking to strike soft targets as it gears up for an influx of tens of thousands of Christmas tourists from Australia, Europe, the United States and Japan.
Western intelligence officials have been arguing for more than a month with their Indonesian counterparts for action after the capture in west Java of a senior Al-Qaeda terrorist, Omar Al-Faruq, whose leaked confessions described plans to attack local targets.
The CIA had even presented Indonesian officials with evidence of an Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
But US and British officials have openly admitted their frustration as the Indonesians failed to arrest individuals they believe are directly involved in planning and committing terrorism.
Megawati's government is a coalition dependent on the support of Islamic religious parties and she fears a backlash from Muslim activists who are trying to wreak havoc in a nation that has a long tradition of religious harmony.
Last night's explosions are likely to force the government to confront its most radical opponents or risk the destruction of a multi-million-pound tourist industry that is one of the country's few resources after the Asian financial crash and the chaotic overthrow of its longtime dictator, General Suharto, in 1998.
Indonesia boasts a bewildering proliferation of groups competing for hardline Islamic support, including a murderous militia called Laskar Jihad, which has used ethnic cleansing methods to expel Christians from the Spice Islands.
But western officials have identified one group, Jamaah Islamiyah, as the most credible terrorist threat following a visit to its leaders two years ago by Osama Bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
They have singled out a firebrand cleric, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, as the spiritual guide of the group. In two recent interviews with The Sunday Times, Ba'asyir denied any connections to terrorism, although he vowed to go on preaching that Muslims had a duty to use violence in a just religious cause.
Ba'asyir, 65, has been linked to Al-Qaeda in a series of leaked CIA documents and in statements by security officials in the US and Singapore. Both countries have demanded, in vain, that Indonesia detain him.
A defiant Ba'asyir filed lawsuits in a Jakarta court for defamation against the CIA and Time magazine, which printed details of the allegations.
The accusations are partly based on an alleged confession by Al-Faruq, a 31-year-old Kuwaiti said to be an emissary of Al-Qaeda in southeast Asia.
Indonesian security agents, acting on a tip-off from the CIA, arrested Al-Faruq in west Java last June. Three months later, the CIA interrogators are said to have broken Al-Faruq's resistance and extracted testimony against Ba'asyir.
After the Indonesians complained that they had received nothing in exchange for their assistance, the Americans handed over the dossier and demanded they arrest Ba'asyir. |
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by ML
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14 Oct 2002
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So this was moved to the Elsewhere Newswire.
Besides, if our readeers wanted the CIA version of what happened, they could always tune to CNN. The post above is pretty pointless on IMC. |
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Waiddaminit.... |
by back the fuck up
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14 Oct 2002
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Waiddaminit....I thought it was "the Jews" that did the bombing in Bali, just like on 9/11. Oh, I'm sorry, it was the US that bombed Bali, right? The "The Mossad/CIA/anyone we don't like" tripe is really making the rounds on several IMCs - incidentally, one of the main purveyors of the "4,000 Jews called in sick on 9/11" urban legend, and just as expeditiously (like the HR office at the WTC has [had, thanks to you fuck-ups] a check-off list for "Jews" on file that they check everyday). Wow, what a fucking coincidence.
I hope that I'm there when you assholes get hit with the RICO indictment for aiding al Qaeda, Jemmmah Islamiyah, and Abu Sayyaf. I want to see the look on your pasty little faces when they break you. A Black and Decker to the kneecaps will do that, I'm told. |
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If You Were Looking To Volunteer For This War... |
by ML
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15 Oct 2002
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You've obviously mistaken IMC for a recruiting office.
Don't forget to take your meds. It'll help in basic. |
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Source For This Article Sunday Times Of London |
by peacenic
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15 Oct 2002
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This work is really by
MICHAEL SHERIDAN, FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT - the Sunday Times, London
from
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/US_warned_Indonesia_of_terror_threat.html |
