I don't want to cause a stir, but can anyone shed some light on the element of risk in visiting Bali and/or Jakarta in the next 3 months. The below article doesn't sound promising...
This Advice is current for Sunday, 05 June 2005.
The Advice was issued on Friday, 03 June 2005, 20:00:11, AEST.
The recommendation that Australians defer non-essential travel applies to Indonesia as a whole, including Bali.
New information suggests extremists are planning to conduct bomb attacks targeting the lobbies of hotels frequented by Westerners in Jakarta to occur around noon on an unspecified date. The Jakarta Metropolitan Police (POLRI) issued a warning on 17 May 2005 about possible further suicide bombings in Jakarta which identifies as potential targets a number of other places frequented by foreigners, in particular embassies, international schools, office buildings and shopping malls. While no timeframes are indicated in this information, it reinforces our assessment that terrorists are in the very advanced stages of planning attacks. Attacks could occur at any time, anywhere in Indonesia and could be directed at any locations known to be frequented by foreigners.
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