Indonesia: another terrorist attack in September?

[Coolhand]

9/9/04 saw the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, supposedly to influence elections in Australia and Indonesia.

My company has said that business travel to Indonesia will come under heightened scrutiny before approval is given. They are not going all the way to raising the level to no travel, but there is something in the air as they don't change the security status without a good cause - especially when we have so much going on there.

Apparently a truck full of fertilizer was stopped on the way into Jakarta.

I hope nothing goes off as its the last thing the region needs right now.

[seafox]

Any action would not be a good move on the part of the radical muslims over there at the moment. The rest of the world that has been trying to help them after the tsunami would probably pull out if any big acts of terrorism would occur there, and then where would they be up a creek without a paddle in terms of their disaster relief effort. Hopefully they will realise it. Those countries that can help are trying to, and the Great Satan(as they call the US) and all of the other industrialised nations are not trying to corrupt them. But religion and it's beliefs have a huge strangehold on their thought processes and you can never tell what they are thinking.

I love Indonesia, there is some of the best scuba diving in the world over there and Bali is one of the most beautiful destinations in the world and I hope that nothing happens over there. I hope the religous leaders understand how much of a tragedy a new terrorist act would create while the country is still reeling from the affects of the tsunami.

Using Thailand as an example though, things in Southern Thailand have heated up since the tsunami as the extremists think the government is focused elsewhere, on tsunami relief.

[aussie dollar]

wont worry me thailand only desination for me