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US Embassy Issues New Year Attack Warning for Indonesia's Bali

   VOA News 31 December 2009
   Ritz-Carlton after July 2009 bombing in Jakarta

Photo: AP

   Security  guards  man  a gate outside the bombed Ritz-Carlton hotel in
   Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 Jul 2009

   The  U.S.  embassy  in Indonesia says it has received warning of a New
   Year's  Eve terrorist attack from the governor of the resort island of
   Bali.
   On  Thursday,  New  Year's  Eve, the U.S. embassy sent e-mails to U.S.
   citizens   quoting  Bali's  governor  as  saying  that  there  was  an
   indication of an attack in Bali.
   The  warning  comes  six months after twin suicide blasts killed seven
   people at luxury hotels in the capital, Jakarta.
   The resort island of Bali has been hit hard by Islamic militants, with
   more  than  220 people killed in suicide bombings targeting Westerners
   in 2002 and 2005.
   In  his  warning letter, Bali's governor called on people to be alert,
   but gave no details about a specific threat.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.

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