In Reply to: Going and Scared as Hell posted by madmax on Monday, 13. June 2005 at 16:20 Bali Time:
Prior to the Bali bombing people were asking similar safety questions and the response from the forum was to ignore the travel warnings, etc. I have often wondered if any of the people killed were urged to go Bali by some of the people on the forum. So in light of the cavalier attitude toward urging people to go I thought I would include this news article that is out today... You can still decide to go to Bali but you should have complete information upon which to base your decision.
JAKARTA: The Indonesian military is said to be searching around a West Java city for five cars believed to be carrying explosives made by Al Qaeda-linked militants.
The report by Indonesia's Koran Tempo daily follows warnings from the Australian and US governments and Indonesian police that militants belonging to Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah were set to launch more attacks in Indonesia.
Koran Tempo said the alert for the explosives-laden vehicles was issued to troops in Indraymayu district in West Java province.
A local military chief told the paper all five cars had Jakarta-issued licence plates.
Top of the police wanted list are two fugitive Malaysians alleged to be key members of the Jemaah Islamiyah group: Azahari bin Husin and Noordin Mohamed Top.
Koran Tempo said Mohamed Top made the bombs allegedly being carried in cars in West Java.
Police have said Mohamed Top and Azahari are among the perpetrators of a series of blasts in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali blasts that killed 202 people, the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta which claimed 12 lives, and last year's blast near the Australian embassy that killed 10. - CNA/ir