In Reply to: yeah? posted by shaddup on Monday, 3. October 2005 at 14:31 Bali Time:
Surfboy mentions the fact that alot of the extreme muslims look down on the Hindu's.
Local Balinese and predominantely Muslim.
JI's intention is to undermine democracy in Indonesia and create a Muslim state.
Bali is the jewel in the crown of Tourism in Indonesia.
These attacks are seen as a perfect way of unsettling this.
The interviews and things on the Foxtel news channel (the Bali bit on Foxtel active) have had AFP and Academic's all indicating that because of the warning's for the bombings this time, it may have in fact been targetting this rather that tourists themselves.