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Copyright © 2002 The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com Man confesses to making bomb that destroyed club Ellen Nakashima and Alan Sipress The Washington Post Wednesday, October 16, 2002 KUTA, Indonesia A former member of the Indonesian Air Force has confessed to investigators that he assembled the bomb that destroyed the heart of Bali's nightclub district Saturday, killing at least 181 people, an Indonesian security official said Tuesday. The suspect, who is being held by Indonesian authorities, told investigators that he regretted the massive loss of life, but he has not disclosed who ordered him to make the bomb, according to the security official. The official said the suspect had learned to make explosives while serving in the air force, which later dismissed him for misconduct. Indonesian investigators at the scene have recovered traces of C-4 plastic explosives, the national police chief, Da'i Bachtiar, said Tuesday. The police said the material was similar to explosives used in August 2000 to bomb the Jakarta residence of the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia, an attack that Philippine intelligence officials have blamed on a radical Islamic network known as Jemaah Islamiyah. That group, which Western and regional intelligence officials say is headed by a radical Indonesian cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, is active in several Southeast Asian countries. The police chief also said that investigators were "intensively" interrogating two other men in connection with the bombing in Kuta. Police officials said the two included a guard who witnessed the attack and a man related to the owner of an identification card recovered at the scene. The two men are among about 50 people whom the police say they have questioned. The Indonesian security source said his government learned a week before the bombing that Muslim extremists were planning to carry out an attack. Security was heightened at 60 locations around the country but not in Bali, because the authorities did not suspect that militants would strike this resort island, the senior official said. Separately, a senior police official said that 5,400 officers were engaged in a massive operation on Bali to determine who was responsible for worst terrorist attack in the history of Indonesia. Indonesian officials said the authorities also had broadened their investigation and were following leads in East Java, South Sulawesi and Lombok. In Manado, in northern Sulawesi, dthe police were questioning two suspects, local residents, in connection with the bombing there Saturday of the Philippine consular office. No one was hurt in that attack. The police said they were not sure if that incident was connected to the Bali bombing. Agents from the FBI and Australian federal police, as well as Japanese forensic specialists, are in Bali participating in the investigation. Copyright © 2002 The International Herald Tribune ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
