Indonesia warns of Bush terror threat (ahead of his visit on Mon.)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_bush_terror_threat

Indonesia warns of Bush terror threat

By ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police warned Saturday that the threat of an attack by al-Qaida-linked militants has increased sharply ahead of U.S.
President George W. Bush's visit to the world's most populous Muslim country.


Bush arrives Monday for talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that will touch on the Middle East crisis and the U.S.-led invasions of
Iraq and Afghanistan — the cause of mounting anger among Indonesia's 190 million Muslims.

Though most people here practice a moderate form of the faith, hard-liners are gaining ground and Jakarta's police chief, Maj. Gen. Adang Firman, told reporters that the threat of an attack by militants had "escalated sharply" in recent days.

He did not elaborate or say if a plot by the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah had been uncovered.

The terror network has been blamed for a series of attacks targeting Western interests in Indonesia since 2002, including nightclub and restaurant bombings on the resort island of Bali and blasts at the Australian Embassy and the J.W. Marriott Hotel in the capital.

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1. Boy, did I read THAT headline wrong!

:rofl:

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2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2621148