ABC AUSTRALIA, 10/06/2004 22:54:46
Report claims Jemaah Islamiah targeting diplomats
A newspaper report claims the Jemaah Islamiah terror group has switched tactics
from bombings and is now targeting Western ambassadors in Indonesia for
assassination.
The Wall Street Journal says British and Australian intelligence organisations have
"specific and credible" information that a group of JI operatives, trained to carry out
assassinations, has entered Indonesia in recent weeks.
It says the group arrived through East Kalimantan province from Mindanao in the
southern Philippines.
The paper cited Western police, security officials and analysts.
The AFP news agency says the United States, Australian and British embassies
have declined to comment, while Indonesian security officials cannot immediately be
reached.
10/06/2004 22:54:46 | ABC Radio Australia News
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