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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 2002 Bali terrorist bombing
In a number of statements he denied that it had been perpetrated by Indonesians and blamed the USA for exploding the bomb, claiming that it was impossible for Indonesians to contruct such a sophisticated device.
The bomb device was first considered to be made of C-4 plastic explosive.
However, on October 21 investigators of the scene disclosed that the main bomb was made of ammonium nitrate.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/20/2002_Bali_terrorist_bombing   (690 words)

  
 2002 Bali bombing Summary
The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the resort town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209.
A number of Indonesian nationals were sentenced to death for their parts in the bombings and in October 2002 Abu Bakar Bashir; alleged spiritual head of the Jemaah Islamiah organisation often accused of being behind the attacks, was charged over his alleged role in the bombing.
The Bali bombing is sometimes called "Australia's September 11" because of the large number of its citizens killed in the attack.
www.bookrags.com /2002_Bali_bombing   (2346 words)

  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/2002 Bali bombing
The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali.
The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage.
The car bomb was initially thought to have consisted of C4, a military grade plastic explosive which is difficult to obtain.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/2002_Bali_terrorist_bombing   (1721 words)

  
 October 2002
Nine bombs exploded in Soweto, South Africa and the vicinity and one near Pretoria.
October 18, 2002 Manila bus bombing[?]: A bomb exploded in suburban Manila, destroying a bus and killing at least three people, while 23 others were wounded.
Zamboanga bombings: Two bombs exploded in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, killing six and wounding about 150.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/oc/October_2002.html   (2572 words)

  
 2002 Bali terrorist bombing - Gurupedia
The Bali terrorist bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of
In a number of statements he denied that the bombing had been perpetrated by Indonesians, and blamed the United States for exploding the bomb, claiming that it was impossible for Indonesians to contruct such a sophisticated device.
On 30 April 2003, the first charges related to the Bali bombings were made against Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim, known as Amrozi, for allegedly buying the explosives and the van used in the bombings.
www.gurupedia.com /2/20/2002_bali_terrorist_bombing.htm   (798 words)

  
 TomDispatch - Tomgram: Mike Davis on the History of the Car Bomb
The car bomb, in other words, suddenly became a semi-strategic weapon that, under certain circumstances, was comparable to airpower in its ability to knock out critical urban nodes and headquarters as well as terrorize the populations of entire cities.
This brief but furious exchange of car bombs between Arabs and Jews would enter into the collective memory of their conflict, but would not be resumed on a large scale until Israel and its Phalangist allies began to terrorize West Beirut with bombings in 1981: a provocation that would awake a Shiite sleeping dragon.
Indeed, car bombs reinforced the illusion, shared by most of the top leadership in 1972, that the IRA was one final military offensive away from victory over the English government.
www.tomdispatch.com /index.mhtml?pid=76140   (5511 words)

  
 2002 Bali terrorist bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Bali terrorist bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the town of Kuta on Indonesian island of Bali killing 202 people and injuring a 209 most of whom were foreign tourists.
The Bali bombing is sometimes called September 11 " because of the large number of citizens killed in the attack.
In a of statements he denied that the bombing been perpetrated by Indonesians and blamed the United States for exploding the bomb claiming that was impossible for Indonesians to contruct such sophisticated device.
www.freeglossary.com /2002_Bali_terrorist_bombing   (1108 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bali bombing 'mastermind' sentenced to death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — The man accused of being the "intellectual mastermind" of last year's Bali nightclub bombings was sentenced Wednesday to face a firing squad after being found guilty of the attack that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
It was the second death sentence handed out for the Oct. 12 bombings on the resort island of Bali — the single deadliest terrorist strike since the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
The Bali attack is blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network said to operate throughout Southeast Asia.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-10-bali-bombing-sentence_x.htm   (813 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Huge death toll from Bali bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
At least 182 people are now known to have died in a devastating car bomb blast outside a crowded nightclub on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.
Bali was regarded as a peaceful, mainly-Hindu enclave in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
The bombing followed persistent US warnings that American nationals in Indonesia were at risk of being targeted by Islamic militants linked to the al-Qaeda terror group.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2323745.stm   (823 words)

  
 Jakarta car bombing kills 11, injures 161
The group has been accused in several deadly bombings, including the bombing of the JW Marriott hotel in the same neighbourhood last year, in which 12 people were killed.
It was an "enormous bomb, the enormity of the crater, the police truck outside has been blown to bits, it's like the wind has been pushed out of you," O'Neill told Australia's Nine TV Network.
The bombing came as authorities prepared to press charges against jailed cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who has been accused by police of heading Jemaah Islamiyah and playing a role in the August 5, 2003, bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel.
www.chinadaily.net /english/doc/2004-09/10/content_373222.htm   (806 words)

  
 Australian, US Investigators Search For Clues In Deadly Bali Bombing -- 10/14/2002
Several dozen Australian specialist police investigators and intelligence agents are also in Bali, to help search for clues pointing to the perpetrators of the car bombing at a busy nightspot.
Bali's Kuta resort is a popular destination for Australians, some 113 of whom were also injured in the blast.
Downer is to visit Bali hospitals Tuesday and to talk to Indonesian police investigators there and to authorities in Jakarta.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200210/FOR20021014g.html   (768 words)

  
 balinuke14.7.03
The 40-year-old village mechanic said he doubted the Mitsubishi van used in the car bomb, which led police to track him down last November, was really his.
The man accused of killing 202 people, including 88 Australians, with two bombs in Kuta also described his co-accused as good family men and said he was forced by police to admit to conspiring to bomb Bali.
Amrozi said he could not be sure the massive car bomb that exploded in Jalan Legian was made from the chemicals he sent to Bali.
www.gaiaguys.net /balinuke14.7.03.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Bali Bombings - Indonesia Matters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Azahari Husin’s manual for the 2005 Bali bombings and the fates of those convicted of the 2002 attacks in Bali.
He also requested that the hearing for clemency be moved away from Bali, saying that this move would respect the feelings of the Balinese.
As three men were about the meet their fates some calls were heard, not directed specifically at the Bali bombing case, for an end to the death penalty, from predictable sources.
www.indonesiamatters.com /469/bali-bombings   (621 words)

  
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Bali lies in the Monsoon Belt with frequent heavy showers, and the Sari Club is located less than 200 yards away from the surf at Kuta Beach, which is where the monsoon drains in Kuta main street flow into the ocean.
To claim that the Bali bomb was made from potassium chlorate [the variant stolen in Java] is pure idiocy, and the fact that such a claim was made at all, highlights increasingly desperately American and Israeli pressure on Australia to formally declare that “The Muslims did it”.
Pastika says dossiers on Bali bombing suspects had to be "perfect", but has yet to assign responsibility for the three blasts to suspects or determine explosives used.
www.vialls.com /nuke/bali_micro_nuke.htm   (11659 words)

  
 Bali Nightclub Bombing
The nightclub bombings were the seventh major bombing in the area within 3 weeks, including an explosion in the southern Philippines that killed one U.S. Marine.
The attack in Bali’s crowded Kuta tourist district was initiated with a possible suicide bombing inside a tourist bar that funneled panicking victims into the street, exposing the crowd to the full blast of a large car bomb parked next to the neighboring Sari club.
In downtown Jakarta on August 5 of that year a car bomb exploded outside a Marriot hotel killing 10 and wounding close to 150, Jemaah Islamiah was the immediate suspect.
www.globalsecurity.org /security/ops/bali.htm   (760 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bali bombings probe deepens - Oct. 15, 2002
Channel 7 Australia reports that many survivors of the Bali bombings suffered burns such as those only seen in wartime.
Meanwhile, Bali's police chief has refused to deny or confirm a newspaper report that a former air force member had confessed to building the bombs.
Moments later there was a small explosion there, followed soon after by a huge car bomb in front of Sari's, where most of the victims died.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/15/bali.bombings   (929 words)

  
 Bali Bombing - A Tribute To The Victims
Bali as popular holiday destination, where the people have been depend their lives with the tourism industry is very sad and shocked with this tragedy.
The bomb was planted on the sidewalk in front of the Sari Club and tore a three-meter-deep crater in the street.
Many of those killed by the two bombs that tore through a nightclub district on Bali island Saturday night (around 11 PM local time- Bali time is GMT +8) were Australians as well as other foreigners from Canada, Britain, Germany, Sweden and American.
www.geocities.com /kbakerkaz/BaliBombing.html   (430 words)

  
 Baghdad blasts toll rises - Iraq - Features - In Depth - theage.com.au
An Iraqi bus driver reacts to the damage inflicted on his bus at the scene of a car bombing in Baghdad.
The death toll in a triple car bombing at a Baghdad bus station today rose to 43, with a further 76 wounded, an official in the Interior Ministry said.
At least a dozen vehicles, including three police cars, were destroyed in the attacks at the al-Nahda station, a transit point for travellers heading to the southern provinces of the country.
www.theage.com.au /news/iraq/baghdad-blasts-kill-at-least-25/2005/08/17/1123958114667.html   (323 words)

  
 Bali Terrorism Risk - Greater Now
After the Bali Bombing came the bombing of the Jakarta Marriott Hotel, despite the hotel and police being advised of a heightened security risk / impending attack.
If you think we are over-reacting, read our page on the corrupt Bali Police and then remind yourself of October 2002 on our Bali Bombing page (not for children or people of nervous disposition).
Bali Tourism (Should I go, where, and how do I avoid adding to the problem / putting myself / my family at risk in Bali?).
www.fugly-bali.org /terrorism.html   (989 words)

  
 BALI BOMBINGS: 2002 OCTOBER 12TH INDONESIA | HavenWorks.com/world/indonesia/bali - bomb, bombs - World and Indonesian ...
"The alleged mastermind of last month's Bali bombing on Friday confessed to planning and staging the attack and revealed that one of the two bombs used in the attack was detonated by a suicide bomber."...
Americans were the target of Bali bombings, investigator says, citing key suspect.
Bombing in Bali Seen as Opening New Front in Fight on Terror.
www.havenworks.com /world/indonesia/bali/20021012-Bali-Bombings.htm   (1589 words)

  
 Bali car bombing
Bali car bombing is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Jemaah Islamiah is known to have carried the Bali bombing in 2002 which killed 202 people as well as the Jakarta bombing in 2004 outside the Austrialian embassy killing 11 people.
February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, Switzerland, killing 38 passengers and all 9 crew members.
www.experiencefestival.com /bali_car_bombing   (1198 words)

  
 Indonesia suspects al-Qaeda links to Bali bombings
Officials at Bali's Sanglah hospital, near the island's capital of Denpasar, said 25 dead had been brought in, although the Paris-based Agence France-Presse had reported that a French diplomat in Indonesia said the death toll was 32.
The events of Saturday are a nightmare for Bali's tourism industry --the economic lifeblood of the island-- which had only recently begun recovering from the blasts of 2002.
In the last 18 months, Bali hotels and restaurants had said their business was exceeding pre-2002 levels and that they were looking forward to a busy Christmas and New Year.
www.cbc.ca /world/story/2005/10/02/indonesia_bombings20051002.html   (1743 words)

  
 Print Article: Indon police swoop on more bombing suspects
The arrests were made following information gained from several of the 10 suspects detained over last month's car bombing at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Bachtiar was quoted as saying by the state Antara news agency.
Another of the arrested suspects, Awaluddin, is believed linked to a bombing in the North Sumatran city of Medan in May 2000 along with three other people acting on the orders of Hambali, an alleged senior leader of JI who is in US custody, Mappaseng said.
Indonesia has been hit by a series of deadly bombings since 1998, including the Bali bombing attacks that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, and the JW Marriott hotel attack that left 12 people dead on August 5.
www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/09/16/1063625019485.html   (550 words)

  
 Four years in jail over Australia embassy blast - World - smh.com.au
An Indonesian court today sentenced a man to four years in jail for his role in a suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta last year, the second conviction handed down over the attack.
The one-tonne bomb ripped open the blast-proof fence at the front of the heavily fortified Australian mission and damaged the front of the main building.
The duo are also accused of involvement in the 2002 Bali nightclub blasts that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, and a 2003 car bombing at Jakarta's JW Marriott Hotel that left 12 dead.
www.smh.com.au /news/world/four-years-in-jail-over-australia-embassy-blast/2005/07/26/1122143841593.html?oneclick=true   (394 words)

  
 CNN.com - Police say suspect confesses to Bali bombing - Nov. 22, 2002
In an alleged confession, police said Imam Samudra -- the chief suspect behind the Bali nightclub bombings -- said one of the explosions was detonated by a suicide bomber who walked into a crowded bar with explosives strapped to his back.
He also was said to confess to a string of bombings that ripped through Indonesian churches on Christmas Day 2000, the police chief said.
The massive blast caused by the car bomb was one of three coordinated explosions which investigators say were designed to inflict maximum casualties.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/11/22/bali.bombings   (612 words)

  
 Balispirit.com -- Bali Travel - Frequently Asked Questions
Bali tourism is touted by all the major US travel magazines and was recently featured in the Travel Section of the New York Times.
Bali is the only Hindu island in Indonesia and has always been peaceful – up until the 2002 Kuta Beach Club bombings, planned by outsiders, which claimed many Australian lives.
It is not necessary, nor advisable, to rent a car in Bali.
www.balispirit.com /travel/faq.html   (1143 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | terrorism Thirty Australians confirmed dead
Four French nationals are listed as missing and seven were injured, three seriously, in the deadly weekend car bomb attack on the Indonesian island of Bali, the French foreign ministry announced Tuesday.
Of the seven French nationals injured in the explosion, three were evacuated to hospitals in Singapore in serious condition while the others were treated and able to return to their hotels, Rivasseau said.
France has urged its citizens not to travel to Bali in the wake of the attack, and has warned travellers to postpone all unnecessary trips to other parts of Indonesia.
iafrica.com /news/us_terror/175994.htm   (345 words)

  
 Baliguide.com: Security for Visitors, Updated regularly from Bali
Bali, however, has learned from the two incidents, and security precautions in resorts and public places as well as on the village level are today much higher than ever before – now not only involving local and foreign police but also the military and many village people, too.
Figures provided by the Bali Tourism Board's Communication Center show that an estimated 23 died in the three blasts, including the three suspected suicide bombers and four foreigners.
Choose from the most beautiful private villas in Bali with one to seven bedrooms, tropical garden with pool, and trained cooks, maids, house boys, gardeners, spa therapists, etc. An air-conditioned car with a reliable driver is included for up to 10 hours per day.
www.baliguide.com /security.html   (351 words)

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