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November 24, 2005
"EU May Stop Providing US-Bound Air Passenger Information"


2,766 posted on 11/24/2005 1:47:41 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528095/posts

"Bali mourners were terror target"
The Australian ^ | 25th November 2005 | Natalie O'Brien and Patrick Walters

Posted on 11/24/2005 1:28:47 PM PST by naturalman1975

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JEMAAH Islamiah mastermind Azahari bin Husin was planning a suicide bomb attack on the memorial service held in Kuta last month for the 202 people who died in the Bali nightclub bombings three years ago.

The October 12 service was attended by 300 people, including Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Justice Minister Chris Ellison, Bali Police Chief I Made Mangku Pastika and at least 50 relatives of the 88 Australians who died.

The JI bombmaker, who was killed in a shootout with police earlier this month, was also considering mounting attacks on a range of other Bali targets, including the airport, the Ubud art market, temples, restaurants and the zoo, according to a detailed document titled The Bali Project obtained by Indonesian police.

Intelligence sources in Indonesia told The Australian the document, found on a computer disc carried by one of Azahari's JI colleagues, detailed the plan to bomb the memorial service.

It was abandoned only because of the high level of security at the service.

Instead, JI chose to attack a fortnight earlier, with three suicide bombs in Bali restaurants that killed 23 people, including four Australians.

The undated document, which was written some time after the most recent attacks at Jimbaran Bay and Kuta Square in Bali, contains the names, ages and nationalities of the victims, and a "debriefing" about the attacks."


2,767 posted on 11/24/2005 1:50:43 PM PST by Cindy
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From the article:

"EU May Stop Providing US-Bound Air Passenger Information"

An EU court ruling abrogating the agreement would throw a major wrench into the existing US aviation control system and would represent a major set-back for the G-8’s anti-terrorism Secure and Facilitated Travel (SAFTI) initiative.

Well, they can always stay home or fly to countries that don't care who enters their borders. (Just like our country, right? /sarcasm)

2,805 posted on 11/24/2005 7:59:28 PM PST by LucyT
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