Posted on 10/12/2006 3:36:17 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
FAMILIES of Australians and others killed in the first Bali bombing four years ago have held an emotional service on the Indonesian resort island.
About 150 families, friends and victims of the October 2002 blast gathered to mourn at Garuda Wisnu Kencana on the hills overlooking Kuta.
The October 12, 2002, bombings on two bars killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, and were blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist network.
Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, today extended Australia's sympathies to victims and families of the blast.
He pledged that Australia would remain determined to fight terrorism.
"We will not allow terrorists to spread disorder and dismay, to drive people, faith and neighbours apart," he said.
"They have failed utterly and they will not succeed."
The grief was still obvious four years after the attacks as eight-year-old Indonesian, Alief Sardjono, read a poem he wrote about his father, who died in the bombings.
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FYI:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/768567/posts
The Bali Horror- a partial Archive
By the way, this?
"Four years later and the world is still waiting for JUSTICE"
'The World Still Waits' would make a good slogan.
memorial bttt
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