The Jakarta Post, 6/10/2004 12:32:01 PM
JI terror group targets Jakarta envoys: Report
JAKARTA (AFP): The Al-Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group has
switched tactics from bombings and is now targeting Western ambassadors in
Indonesia for assassination, a newspaper reported Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal said 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 said the group arrived through East Kalimantan province from Mindanao in the
southern Philippines.
The paper, which cited unidentified Western police, security officials and analysts,
said the U.S., British and Australian ambassadors and senior officials from those
embassies were the prime targets.
"There are also concerns about potential attacks on foreign business executives,
particularly in the mining and energy industries, and on Indonesian public figures," the
Journal said.
The U.S., Australian and British embassies declined comment while Indonesian
security officials could not immediately be reached. The embassies already
recommend citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Indonesia because of terrorism
fears.
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