The Jakarta Post, 1/24/2006 1:38:46 PM
Australia updates alert for Indonesia
CANBERRA (Bloomberg): Australia updated its warning to its citizens visiting
Indonesia, saying they shouldn't travel to the Central Sulawesi province because of
the risk of violence and terrorism.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade travel advisory said Australians should
not travel to Aceh, Maluku and Central Sulawesi. Australians should also reconsider
travel to Indonesia, the advisory said.
"We strongly advise you not travel to Aceh, Maluku(particularly Ambon) and Central
Sulawesi due to the very unstable security situation and risk of terrorist attack," said
the advisory posted on the ministry's Web site.
Australian citizens were among the 202 people who died in bomb attacks in Bali in
October 2002, the worst terrorism incident in Indonesia. Australians also were among
20 people killed by suicide bombers in Bali in October.
Nine people were killed in a bomb attack outside Australia's embassy in Indonesia's
capital, Jakarta, in September 2004.
Australia, which has troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, has been on terrorism
alert since 2001. While there hasn't been a major terrorist attack on Australian soil,
the government maintains it is a possibility.
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