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...companies don't have to deal with locals beyond a few government officials and hired labor. Transport is easy too: the oil fields sit a direct tanker trip across the Atlantic from Europe or America's east coast, with no pesky Suez Canal or Gulf to navigate. The Bali blast is a reminder that no place is safe from terror, and recent fighting in Ivory Coast is a symbol of West Africa's volatility, but oilmen remain bullish in part because oil production is offshore and thus rarely disturbed by onshore unrest. "West Africa may not be particularly stable...
TERROR Targeting Asia's Weakness Islamic terrorists routinely say they hate the West - so why are they taking it out on the East? Bombings in Manila, Zamboanga and Karachi, in the wake of a particularly horrific blast in Bali, provided the answer: Asia offers the softest targets, often because its governments and police forces lack either the will or the way to crack down on extremist groups. In Bali last week, tourists and locals alike were outraged by revelations the Indonesian government ignored warnings from the U.S. that groups linked to al-Qaeda were active in the country. (The British...
Last weekend's Bali bomb blast that killed upwards of 180 people is a bloody "wake up call" to Indonesia to get tougher on the terrorists in the archipelago. So says Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense and arguably the Bush administration's most ardent champion of Indonesia. "We've been talking with them for a long time about the seriousness of this problem, and the need to take it on seriously," said Wolfowitz, who served as the U.S. ambassador in Jakarta from 1986 to 1989. "While they've made progress, there's still obviously a lot more...
...Wolfowitz: Bali a 'Wake-up Call' Indonesia's Own Bin Ladens Terror Hits Hard in Indonesia The Attack: In Their Own Words Assessing The Usual Suspects...
...PHOTO ESSAY Bali in the Aftermath...