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To: The Freep who wrote (57069)	10/18/2002 8:37:42 PM
From: UnBelievable	Respond to of 209892

Australia Says It Has Info That Jakarta Could Be Bombed 10/18/2002 Dow Jones News Services (Copyright © 2002 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) SYDNEY (AP)--Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Saturday the government had received information warning that some areas of the Indonesian capital Jakarta could be bombed, and urged Australians to leave. The government upgraded its travel advisory to Indonesia late Friday to include that it had "received reports that crowded areas (in Jakarta), including upmarket entertainment areas, should be avoided." "The nature of the specific threats in Jakarta is threats of bomb attacks in those certain suburbs against Westerners," Downer told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Saturday. "On the basis of intelligence we've received, it's very important we draw people's attention to the risk." The warning comes after Australian officials said Thursday they had "disturbing new information" indicating terrorist threats against Westerners and Western interests in Indonesia and urged Australians there to consider leaving. On Friday, the government said all nonessential Australian diplomatic staff in Indonesia could leave the country if they wished. The government has been accused of failing to advise Australian travelers adequately about U.S. intelligence warnings of heightened threats against foreigners in Indonesia ahead of last Saturday's bombing on the island of Bali, where more than 180 people - many of them Australians - were killed. Prime Minister John Howard has denied the suggestions, and on Friday rejected criticism that his government was now overreacting. Also Saturday, Downer dismissed suggestions by the head of Australia's Anglican Church that the Bali bombing was payback for the government's support of the US's position on Iraq. Dr. Peter Carnley said late Friday that with Australia offering public backing to U.S. President George W. Bush's campaign against Iraq, it was only a matter of time before Australian lives were sacrificed in some form of retaliatory action. Downer said that for Carnley to have such a theory, he must first know who was behind the Bali attacks. "At this stage we think it is likely but we're not entirely certain that al-Qaida people working with indigenous Islamic extremist groups like Jemaah Islamiyah are responsible for the attacks," Downer said. "If Archbishop Carnley has further information for us, we'd obviously very much appreciate it," he added.