Bali, Indonesia
American, British, and Australian intelligence agencies warned this week that Indonesia could face more terrorist attacks like the one that killed nearly 200 people, mostly foreigners, in a Bali nightclub. Jamaah Islamiyah, a militant group with ties to Osama bin Laden, is widely suspected of orchestrating the blast. Police were unable to question the alleged leader of the group, Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, because he suddenly collapsed from chest pains and was being treated in the hospital. But one of bin Laden’s imprisoned followers, Omar Faruq, allegedly confessed that al Qaida bought three tons of explosives from the Indonesian military and gave them to Ba’asyir, the London Sunday Times reported, citing a secret CIA document. The Indonesian militants were instructed to kill Westerners and Israelis.
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