In Reply to: STRANGE - I believe her... Terrorism! posted by dickkyboy on Monday, 15. November 2004 at 17:35 Bali Time:
Hehe... If that's the going rate in Bali, I think I know why it's such a popular destination.
Did you mean to write that it would be worth $10,000? That would be close to the going rate in out-of-the-way places. Probably worth about double that in Bali.
Which is why I doubt it's a new form of terrorism. People have been killed for drug smuggling before and will be again.
The bombs kept a lot more people away. And it seems to take the terrorists about a year to raise enough money to get the explosives they need for each bombing. 4kgs could raise about half of what they need.
Of course, the bombs have all killed a lot of the "wrong" people, and have done more harm than good to the terrorists' cause by turning the whole country against them.
And why target a nobody? Why not stash it in a diplomat's bag? And why 4kg, when they could have split it up and got 20 people on death row?
Other than that, you've made some good points. I am curious to see what the home cops have been investigating, and what evidence has been found to support her story (DNA, fingerprints, pollen count).
Maybe it's an anti-surfing attack by the Nerd Liberation Front.