In Reply to: they knew posted by Smiles on Friday, 7. October 2005 at 10:06 Bali Time:
the fact that some nutter left an incomplete bomb in a restaurant or hotel does not mean
there was going to be a bomb attack, it means a nutter had assembled a bomb to the best of his limited capabilities and felt he would get the best reaction he could from his creation.
there are bomb warnings going off all the time here, floating around on sms. you get use to these nutters having thier moment of glory by having people reacting to their stimulus.
real bombers would not leave half baked bombs in restaurants or hotel lifts. As if they would forget what they are carrying , they would have been totally present in every movement and moment , if they were carrying it it would have been complete.
its not like you take your half made bomb out for walk or breath of frest air like a dog.
As it was, what they found was some of the simple components like pipe, battery , wires but none of the real bits that are essential. so my call is it was a nutter tapping in on his excitment of being able to get a reaction to his effort.
and none the less , security was increased and more alert after they found it just incase.