In Reply to: I personally saw many tv comments made posted by chickchili on Tuesday, 16. January 2007 at 12:48 Bali Time:
Hi Chickchilli
Must admit I didn't hear it that specific
However if you have a look at the following
After Imam Samudra was arrested, his computer was inspected and a graphics/text file made of a website he created to "answer Moslems questions about the Bali Blast" and explaining why Bali was a target. Following are excerpts from the writing on the site.
Why was Bali our target?
1. It is a gathering place for all the nations of imperialists, terrorists, oppressors, and destroyers of the virtue of Indonesian women - who, it should be noted, are Moslems.
2. Are there Moslems who do not know that Bali is a centre for dealing in narcotics?
3. Bali is one of the world's largest and most popular places for sex outside marriage, in a country where the majority of the population are Moslems, in a country with many Religious Scholars, Preachers, Proselytisers, and Islamic harakah activists. This is an irony which shames us in the presence of Allah, the Almighty and most worthy of praise.
4. Particularly in Jalan Legian Kuta, there are substantial gangs of Jews (May Allah curse them), who use Bali as an intelligence conduit and a place to rendezvous, [in their efforts] to destroy the Islamic community.
5. It was a relatively soft target for striking against citizens of countries who proudly, arrogantly and grandiosely trample on the honour of Moslems by involving themselves in the crusade under the leadership of America (cursed by Allah alaihim), especially by raining thousands of tonnes of bombs on weak men, Moslem women, and innocent babies in Afghanistan.
I think it is a bit of a leap to believe that Australians were the main target. I believe that foreigners per se were the target for the above reasons
Gary