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...restaurant has been booked full more often than not in the six weeks following the bombing?he is less forthcoming. Most tourists still traveling to Bali are bypassing the more crowded and commercial haunts?except for Ubud's. But to not give the wrong impression that he's happy Kuta's pain is Ubud's gain, all 31-year-old Salans will allow is: "Ubud's doing...
...When Kuta recovers, Salans is confident Mozaic?call (62-361) 975 768 for reservations?will continue to do well. "The era of Kuta's wild nightlife is coming to a close," he says. "People will come to Bali for luxury resorts and some serious cocooning." And some serious food at Mozaic...
...said the continuing roundup of Bali bombers had netted a total of seven suspects by Nov. 24, and added that they were actively seeking up to five more. They also said that Samudra had made a startling revelation: the smaller of the two bombs that exploded that night in Kuta was, as he put it, a "martyr bomb." If proved true, the suicide bombing by a man known only as Iqbal would be an alarming first for Southeast Asia...
...cell phone with another party about changes to the plan. Amrozi asked: "What other party? You never told me before." That intervention by the mysterious strangers, Amrozi stressed, led the group to leave only a token bomb at the empty consulate and concentrate their efforts on the Kuta bars, with devastating consequences. Such incidents grimly underline, the government official says, that "there are still a lot of very dangerous men out there and they are still planning further terrorist acts...
...reluctant to act against terrorists will suffer. Though JI cells were detected and neutralized in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri placed her political career before national and regional security. Even after Bali, Jakarta is only going after JI members directly connected to the Kuta bomb blast, not JI as an organization and not its political wing?the Mujahidin Council led by Abubakar Ba'asyir?or its militia?Laskar Jundullah led by Agus Dwikarna. As a result, JI will be able to strike again inside Indonesia and continue to use Indonesia as a launching...