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  • Talk to terrorists: Bali victim father

    09/09/2004 6:59:26 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 5 replies · 445+ views
    Australian Associated Press | September 10, 2004 | Lauren Ahwan
    THE Jakarta embassy bombing showed Australia must negotiate with terrorist organisation Jemaah Islamiah, Brian Deegan, whose son Joshua died in the 2002 Bali bombings, said today. Australia needed to rethink its foreign policies, he said. Mr Deegan, a former magistrate who is running against Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer in the federal election, called on Mr Downer to meet Jemaah Islamiah (JI) to negotiate an end to the terror. JI, a terror group linked to al-Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for yesterday's car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy that killed nine people and injured at least 180. Mr Downer...