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...after three suicide bombers detonated knapsacks filled with explosives at packed restaurants in Kuta and Jimbaran Bay on Oct. 1, there wasn't the same rush for the exits. Kuta's famous waves are still dotted with surfers. Even the wide-open beachfront restaurants in the high-end Seminyak district north of Kuta are still buzzing, despite a warning last week from the Australian government that the area might be next on the terrorist hit list. At the trendy restaurant Ku De Ta, 20 or so tipsy Australian revelers wearing flower leis and fake horns circulate among the loungers...
...forensic investigation, the yellow tape and red flags marking body parts have been removed. Tables and chairs have been set upright, and the bottles and plates that stood for days as the sad reminder of never-finished holiday meals have been cleared away. The owners of restaurants at Jimbaran Bay say that when they reopen in a month or so, the popular eating strip will have security cameras and guards checking cars and their occupants. But with large numbers of young Indonesians ready to sacrifice their lives for Islam, says Zachary Abuza, who has authored several books on Islamic militancy...
...irony not lost on the people of Arugam Bay that the waters from which they make their livelihood came so close to ruining them. With its 2-m waves, this 3-km stretch of beach on Sri Lanka's east coast is considered one of the world's top 10 surfing destinations and is home to the annual British pro surfing championships. Over the past decade, a small industry of hotels and restaurants grew up around the board riders...
...however, Arugam Bay took the full force of the tsunami. Around 350 people died, many of them tourists sleeping off an all-night Christmas full-moon party. Thus, in a few minutes, the sea destroyed the very world that it had built. But surfers are a resilient lot. Before the tsunami, many braved Sri Lanka's civil war and Arugam Bay's previous lack of power or telephones to ride its magnificent waves. So even though the area is still recovering, with some buildings little more than piles of rubble, the surfers are back, many helping (both physically and financially...
...bombs killed 202 people there. This time, beginning around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 1, three explosions ripped through southern Bali within about 10 minutes of each other: first came the Kuta blast, then two more at beach restaurants in the high-end tourist hangout of Jimbaran Bay, 8 km away. The authorities said suicide bombers wearing vests packed with explosives were responsible, and that their remains were found at the scenes. At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 injured...