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...TRAVEL Bali: Desperately Seeking Survival...
...been relying on its associate groups in Asia, the Middle East and the Caucuses to continue its fight. Of all these groups, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), al-Qaeda's Southeast Asian and Australian arm, has been by far the most active. The countries that took it least seriously until the Bali bombings?Indonesia, Australia and Thailand?are precisely where JI has had most freedom of movement. It's not hard to deduce why Bali struck JI as an ideal target. After all, JI was more constrained in mounting an operation in Singapore and Malaysia, thanks to the arrest of operatives there...
...operational commander Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, met with Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a 21-year-old Cana-dian operative of al-Qaeda in southern Thailand. Hambali, who trained and fought in Afghanistan from 1987 to 1991, is a member of both the JI and al-Qaeda consultative councils. Ham-bali proposed to Jabarah?who was dispatched to the region by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, head of al-Qaeda's military committee?that the terror campaign evolve to bombing bars, nightclubs and restaurants frequented by Westerners...
...statement that Australia has waged a "crusade" against the Islamic world and dismembered East Timor, credible intelligence that a number of Afghanistan-trained Australians were dispatched on missions to strike inside Australia, and Australia's high profile participation in the campaign in Afghanistan, Canberra announced a week before Bali that there was no significant threat of terrorism to Australia or to its interests overseas...
...LATEST COVER STORY The Lure of the Rings December 2, 2002 Issue Past Issues Bali Terror Suspects Nov. 25, 2002 ----------------- Yao Ming Nov. 18, 2002 ----------------- China Culture Nov. 11, 2002 ----------------- North Korea Nov. 4, 2002 ----------------- After Bali Oct. 28, 2002 ----------------- Tadanobu Asano Oct. 21, 2002 ----------------- China's Most Wanted Oct. 14, 2002 ----------------- Headache Prevention Oct. 7, 2002 ----------------- Asia's AIDS Crisis Sep. 30, 2002 ----------------- China's New Rich Sep. 23, 2002 ----------------- Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey...